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JAMDA
June 1, 2022
Preventable errors in care transitions for the elderly are responsible for up to one third of costly hospital readmissions. The 2009 Institute of Medicine sentinel report outlined a critical need to expand geriatrics competencies in residencies...
JAMDA
June 1, 2022
Older adults in skilled nursing facilities are often complex and at high-risk for polypharmacy and adverse medication reactions. To address these issues, an important step is to be able to identify medications that are high-risk for older adults...
JAMDA
June 1, 2022
Medications are associated with development of adverse drug events (ADEs), some more than others, due to alteration in pharmacokinetics and dynamics with age. Phenytoin efficacy and toxicity relate to drug levels, interaction with cytochrome P450,...
JAMDA
June 1, 2022
Lower extremity wounds are common among elderly patients living in assisted living and long-term care facilities, with prevalence in this population ranging from 11-15% (Takahashi et al. "A retrospective cohort study of factors that affect healing...
JAMDA
June 1, 2022
Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome or Cast syndrome is an uncommon clinical entity characterized by compression of the transverse portion of the duodenum between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery. This condition typically affects...
JAMDA
June 1, 2022
Every medical care provider wants to do the right thing. The challenge in care of older persons is that the “right” thing is often unclear. Older patients have extraordinary physiological, functional, and prognostic diversity, and this means that...
JAMDA
May 31, 2022
Diabetes self-care may become increasingly challenging as cognition declines. We sought to characterize glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) trajectories, markers of diabetes-related management, health care utilization, and mortality in people with...
Policy Snapshot
May 27, 2022
The Medicare physician payment system needs an overhaul to remedy financial instabilities impacting physician practices due to the pandemic, statutory payment cuts, lack of inflationary updates, and significant administrative burdens. Under the...
JAMDA
May 27, 2022
Some epidemiological studies of older American adults have reported a relationship between life-space mobility (LSM) and mortality. However, these studies did not show a dose-response relationship and did not include individuals from other countries...
Spotlight
May 26, 2022
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Allison Villegas, PA-C, is the first physician assistant (PA) on the AMDA Board, serving as a House of Delegates representative. Honored to have this distinction, she says, “I look forward to bringing a different...