Geriatrics

Geriatrics or geriatric medicine[1] is a sub-specialty of internal medicine and family medicine that focuses on health care of elderly people.[2] It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. There is no set age at which patients may be under the care of a geriatrician or geriatric physician, a physician who specializes in the care of elderly people. Rather, this decision is determined by the individual patient's needs, and the availability of a specialist.

AUDIO: Chronically ill patients benefit from psychiatric care

Posted on: 19/02/2015 - 19:46

As the director of the Visceral Inflammation and Pain Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, psychiatrist Eva Szigethy has been instru... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

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Brief, light exercise could cut cardiovascular deaths in elderly

Posted on: 18/02/2015 - 21:00

Among elderly adults with limited mobility, even very short periods of light daily exercise might significantly cut 10-year risk of heart attack or co... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Aging process is complex in highly active adults

Posted on: 15/02/2015 - 18:47

The aging process is highly individualistic and complex, even when many confounding factors are removed, according to Ross D. Pollock, Ph.D., and his ... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

ACIP recommends pneumococcal vaccine for 65+ in 2015 schedule

Posted on: 02/02/2015 - 22:00

The 2015 adult immunization schedule is similar to last year’s schedule, with one major change, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Postop pancreatectomy complications most deadly in elderly

Posted on: 30/01/2015 - 16:06

Although rates of complications following pancreatectomy are relatively similar in patients both above and below the age of 80 years, significantly hi... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Advisory panel: Advanced dementia patients need better access to end-of-life care

Posted on: 28/01/2015 - 14:15

Patients with advanced dementia should have increased access to comprehensive care wherever they live, including the facilities in which they spend th... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

M.O.R.E. means less delirium in ICU

Posted on: 27/01/2015 - 15:21

PHOENIX – Adding a protocol of bundled nonpharmacologic interventions to the currently recommended standard of care nearly halved the amount of time... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Diabetes substantially overtreated in older adults

Posted on: 12/01/2015 - 19:41

Most older patients with diabetes who had complex or poor health status and limited life expectancy were still given insulin or sulfonylureas to achie... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Overanticoagulation in AF boosts dementia risk

Posted on: 06/01/2015 - 17:16

CHICAGO – Patients with atrial fibrillation who frequently have a supratherapeutic international normalized ratio are at sharply increased risk for ... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Leuprolide, acetylcholinesterase inhibitor combo hints at effectiveness for Alzheimer’s

Posted on: 05/01/2015 - 21:47

PHILADELPHIA – Leuprolide acetate, in combination with an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, helped to preserve cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease patients in an exploratory study. The <a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

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