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Although age is a risk factor for morbidity and mortality with cardiac surgery, chronologic age does not always reflect biological age. Although frailty has been shown to predict falls, hospitalization, institutionalization, and mortality in geriatric populations in the community, it has not been systematically studied in patients undergoing surgery.
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Non-ST elevation (NSTE) acute coronary syndromes (ACS) can be managed by either an early invasive or early conservative strategy, with most data favoring an early invasive strategy in moderate- and high-risk patients.
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Examining the three arms of the ACCORD trial; and FDA Actions: clopidogrel, dexlansoprazole, and tamsulosin.
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AML and MDS are primarily diseases of older adults with poor long-term outcomes.
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Health care clinicians and organizations likely will find that the new health care reform bill's positive features outweigh its drawbacks, experts say.
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A new survey, conducted by a worldwide company that provides private, in-home care for older adults, suggests that older Americans and their adult children do a poor job of planning for their future needs as health begins to fail.
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Pharmacist involvement in medication reconciliation is so crucial to patient safety that one 450-plus-bed Wisconsin hospital invested considerable staff resources to make this a smooth process from admission through discharge.
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While hospitalists can provide consistency in the care of hospitalized patients, there can be drawbacks when it comes to transitions in care.