Updated guidelines regarding the treatment of patients with venous thromboembolism advise abandoning the routine use of compression stockings for prevention of postthrombotic syndrome in patients who have had an acute deep vein thrombosis, according...
Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, editor-in-chief of Caring for the Ages, talks about palliative care, what it is, and how it works to improve comfort and quality of life.
SAN ANTONIO — Geriatric burn patients have a less than 50% chance of returning home with a Baux score of about 85, and the risk of death begins to climb steadily above a score of 93, approaching 50% at 110 points and almost 100% at 130 points,...
Pressure ulcer management calls for more than just treating the wound. Palliative care can help address pain and discomfort, and it can improve quality of life. Yet patients and practitioners alike often avoid important conversations because they...
A long recovery from disorientation following electroconvulsive therapy seems to be a sign that the therapy has effectively treated an elderly patient who has major depression, suggests a longitudinal cohort study conducted in Norway.
The traditional long-term care model is fraught with inconsistencies in the care continuum, which helped spur the nursing home negligence litigation cottage industry that has sprung up in many states. Typically, a resident would be discharged from...
Insufficient omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-6 PUFA), excess trans fat and, to a lesser extent, excess saturated fat, are significant causes of coronary heart disease, suggests a global study recently published online.
My last column (see Caring for the Ages, December 2015, “So You Give Great Care; Do You Have Data To Back That Up?”; online at www.caringfortheages.com/article/S1526-4114 (15)00433-3/fulltext) focused on the overwhelming importance of data in all...
