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Elderly survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest have 1, 2 and 3-year survival rates ranging from 44% to 59% |
04/27/2013 |
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Medicare beneficiaries increasingly have hospice care at the time of death but also have increased intensive care unit use in the last 30 days of life |
04/27/2013 |
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Difficulties in diagnosing urinary tract infections in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. |
04/19/2013 |
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Balance and Strength Exercise Integrated into Daily Routines Prevents Falls in Older Adults. |
03/11/2013 |
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Virtual Reality Gaming may improve gait performance and confidence in balance in older adults. |
03/11/2013 |
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Discontinuation of risperidone in patients with Alzheimer's dementia increases risk of relapse of behavioral symptoms. |
03/03/2013 |
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Vitamin D supplementation does not prevent progression of knee pain and cartilage volume loss in patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis. |
02/28/2013 |
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Daily multivitamin has small effect in preventing cancer in men over 50. |
02/15/2013 |
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Elevated blood pressure associated with decreased risk of stroke in functionally or cognitively impaired elderly. |
02/03/2013 |
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Insufficient evidence to support the effectiveness of pregabalin in treating neuropathic pain in cancer patients. |
01/19/2013 |
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Meta-analysis finds equivocal results from controlled studies on percutaneous vertebroplasty for compression fractures in the elderly. |
01/19/2013 |
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Hospitalization and delirium in elderly patients with Alzheimer’s are independent risk factors for cognitive decline, institutionalization, and death. |
01/10/2013 |
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Tight control of diabetes mellitus in nursing-home eligible older adults may be associated with poor outcomes. |
01/09/2013 |
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Donepezil may improve cognition and reduce behavioral symptoms in patients with Dementia with Lewy Bodies. |
09/30/2012 |
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USPSTF guideline recommends physical therapy or exercise and vitamin D supplementation to reduce falls in community dwelling elderly. |
09/18/2012 |
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Prognostic tools may be limited in predicting mortality in heart failure patients. |
09/05/2012 |
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Transcatheter AVR can decrease mortality at 2 years in inoperable patients with severe Aortic Stenosis. |
08/16/2012 |
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Nutritional supplementation may shorten length of stay after hip fracture. |
08/16/2012 |
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Tools for risk stratification are limited in identifying older patients at risk of readmissions after emergency visits. |
08/15/2012 |
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Palliative Sedation may not shorten survival in terminal cancer patients. |
08/14/2012 |
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Continuation of donepezil in patients with moderate-to-severe Alzheimer’s disease may improve cognition at 52 weeks. |
08/07/2012 |
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Discontinuation of SSRIs, with careful monitoring, may be tolerated in some patients with dementia but may worsen symptoms in others. |
08/07/2012 |
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Telemonitoring didn't result in fewer hospitalizations or ED visits among older adults. |
07/26/2012 |
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Analgesic medications can reduce behavioral disturbances in nursing home residents with dementia. |
07/26/2012 |
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Behavioral therapy is as effective as oxybutynin in men with overactive bladder without obstruction. |
07/20/2012 |
