Geriatrics

Summary of aetiology, presentation, investigations and treatment of Gout.  

David Oliver is a geriatrician and former national clinical director for older people, who has little truck with the idea that most admissions of elderly people are preventable. It is “absolute La La Land to think we’re going to be in a position any time soon when older people don’t still keep piling through the doors of general hospitals,” he asserted in 2013, arguing that the challenge was to improve hospital care, not pretend that it can be avoided. He is president of the British Geriatrics Society, senior visiting fellow at the King’s Fund, and visiting professor at City University London.  

The clinical review on managing spasticity in adults is important for both primary and secondary care clinicians.1 Most patients with troublesome spasticity from conditions such as stroke and multiple sclerosis have other associated long term conditions. Multimorbidity is now the norm in clinical practice,2 including neurological rehabilitation, geriatrics, and primary care.  

The clinical review on managing spasticity in adults is important for both primary and secondary care clinicians.1 Most patients with troublesome spasticity from conditions such as stroke and multiple sclerosis have other associated long term conditions. Multimorbidity is now the norm in clinical practice,2 including neurological rehabilitation, geriatrics, and primary care.  

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A new edition of this well established textbook for post graduate students and orthopaedic surgeons in training and practice. A thorough revision including many new images, X-Rays and MRI's and new chapters on trauma, arthroscopy and evidence based orthopedics. This new edition includes new clinical images, X-rays and MRI scans, 500 new line diagrams and 250 new X-rays. Every chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated and new chapters on trauma, arthroscopy, common surgical techniques, geriatrics and evidence-based orthopedics have been added.  

For decades, stroke and dementia were treated quite separately in the UK, both clinically and in research, despite both being diseases of the brain. Dementia – especially Alzheimer’s disease – had been claimed by the psychiatrists and neurologists, while stroke remained in general medicine or geriatrics. Today, scientists and doctors are becoming ever more aware…  

Patients who undergo surgery for a hip fracture have a higher risk of mortality and of developing major complications than do patients who undergo an elective total hip replacement, even after adjustment for the fact that hip fracture patients are usually older and have more comorbidities, a large cohort study has found.1  

Many students avoid geriatrics because of the low pay and high complications, but six people over 90 offer a different perspective to help attract young doctors.  

The American Geriatrics Society is offering an evidence-based selection of alternatives to the Beers Criteria list of drugs that are problematic in the elderly.  

Dr. Daniela Neamtu covers the main principles of geriatrics including polypharmacy: she reviews differences in pharmacology in older adults, demystifies the ...  

The American College of Surgeons and American Geriatrics Society have issued joint best practice recommendations for geriatric perioperative care.  

In this position statement, the American Geriatrics Society provides a definition of person-centered care, its essential elements, and barriers to implementation.  

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Tim Platts-Mills. Tim is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine; Director, Clinical Research; Co-Director of Geriatric Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina. His career goal is to improve the quality of emergency care for older adults through research, research mentorship, and support of the larger community of geriatric emergency medicine researchers. Tim’s research group is currently developing a protocol to screen for elder abuse in the emergency department. He also serves as a decision editor in geriatrics for Annals of Emergency Medicine.  

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American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting: Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from AGS 2016.