Geriatrics
Enhanced Recovery Efforts Improve Outcomes for More Procedures
Evidence-based care coordination model improves outcomes and lowers costs.
Hospital-level Care Comes to Patients at Home
Pandemic pressures accelerate movement toward hospital services in a home setting.
Frontotemporal Dementia Clinic Launches Phase 3 Trial
People with genetic progranulin insufficiency are targeted for early disease-course disruption.
Vein Arterialization Is Saving ‘Desert Feet’
A percutaneous procedure to avert amputation in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia.
Taking the Wear-and-Tear out of Endoscopy for Patients – and Doctors
Proprioceptive technology uses magnetic coupling to draw endoscopes forward, sparing patient and clinician injuries.
Does Pre-assessment Improve HSCT Success for Older Adults?
A comprehensive geriatric evaluation to guide personalized care is put to the test.
Geriatricians Promote Awareness of Opioid Use Disorder
Education regarding naloxone, buprenorphine-naloxone among the strategies in new initiative.
Safer Prescribing for Older Adults Leaving the ED
Peer comparisons tool helps contextualize efforts to lower PIMs at ED discharge.
Direct-acting Anticoagulants in Head-to-Head Comparison
Largest study to date finds apixaban a superior choice in atrial fibrillation.
Microbial Small RNAs to Predict Arthritis Outcomes
Acting as biomarkers, microbial sRNAs indicate disease severity and drug responses.
Good Vibrations Detect Bone Strength
Raman spectroscopy helps to assess multiple characteristics of bone health.