Geriatrics Journal Articles

• Hallucinations in Older Adults: A Practical Review This review highlights key issues for the clinician caring for older adults with hallucinations. How is assessment, management, and treatment best approached?
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, January 15, 2021
• COVID-19 in Older Adults: A Series of Patients >85 Years This case series describes the specific clinical features and factors associated with mortality in COVID-19 patients older than 85 years.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, January 13, 2021
• Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations Among Older Adults This study looked at national trends in potentially preventable hospitalizations among subgroups of older adults in the United States.
  Annals of Family Medicine, January 11, 2021
• Complications and Revision Risk After Robot-Assisted Fusion How do the risks for complications and revision surgery compare between robot-assisted lumbar spinal fusion and conventional techniques?
  Spine, January 07, 2021
• Temperature Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Nursing Homes What is the most accurate temperature cutoff for screening SARS-CoV-2 positive cases in nursing home residents?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, January 06, 2021
• Key Nutrition Needs of Cancer Patients During COVID-19 Maintaining adequate nutrition plays a key role in supporting the immune system, particularly among cancer patients. How has the current pandemic impacted the nutritional needs of these patients?
  Journal of Oncology Practice, January 04, 2021
• Improving Clinical Performance with Simulation The use of clinical simulation may help improve training and team performance.
  Pediatric Nursing, January 04, 2021
• Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Can Be Protective A patient presents with benign prostatic hyperplasia but due to a colovesical fistula, the condition actually improved his quality of life.
  Urologic Nursing, January 04, 2021
• Combination Obinutuzumab, Ibrutinib, and Venetoclax in CLL This combination regimen may be a safe and effective option for treatment-naive and relapsed or refractory CLL patients.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology, December 29, 2020
• Home Nursing Visits and Same-Day Emergency Department Use Might greater access to after-hours primary care reduce the risk of emergency department use associated with home nursing visits?
  Annals of Family Medicine, December 28, 2020
• Physical Performance Tests Following Lumbar Spine Surgery Find out more about the information that can be learned from preoperative physical performance tests among lumbar spine surgery patients.
  Spine, December 24, 2020
• Trends in COVID-19 Incidence After Mitigation Measures This reports highlights the success of widespread implementation and enforcement of sustained community mitigation measures in reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and decreasing COVID-19 cases.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, December 23, 2020
• High Prevalence of Skin Diseases in Adults Aged 70 and Older This study revealed that dermatological disorders are extremely common in persons over 70 and should be considered by physicians treating geriatric patients.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, December 22, 2020
• COVID-19 Pandemic and Ageism: A Call for Humanitarian Care In this editorial, the authors explore the disturbing ageist bias towards older adults which has emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The Gerontologist, December 17, 2020
• Treatment of Distal Humeral Fractures in Elderly Patients Distal humeral fractures in the elderly population can be difficult to manage. What are the available treatment options?
  Current Orthopaedic Practice, December 16, 2020
• Revascularization in Patients 80 and Older With Acute MI This study aimed to evaluate the benefits of revascularization in patients aged 80 years and older presenting with acute myocardial infarction.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, December 15, 2020
• SARS-CoV-2-Specific Antibodies in Dried Blood Spot Samples Are dried blood spot samples an accurate means of detecting SARS-CoV-2 antibodies?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 15, 2020
• Acalabrutinib vs Idelalisib-R or Bendamustine-R in CLL How do these treatment regimens for relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia compare in terms of safety and progression-free survival?
  Journal of Clinical Oncology, December 15, 2020
• Changing Age Distribution of the COVID-19 Pandemic The age trends of those affected by COVID-19 has shifted from older to younger adults. What can be done to reduce infection and transmission among this age group?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, December 14, 2020
• Targeting Acute Kidney Injury in COVID-19 A better understanding of the high mortality associated with acute kidney injury among hospitalized COVID-19 patients highlights the urgent need to develop more targeted therapies.
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, December 09, 2020