GeriPal
OCTOBER 24, 2024
If you believe the evidence for efficacy to manage symptoms like neuropathic pain, how do you even start to think about recommending these products to patients? This is back in, I don’t know, like 2014 maybe. And then one patient who really knew more about a topic than I did, which unfortunately happens much more often.
GeriPal
MARCH 2, 2023
The FDA-approved indications for gabapentin are only for treating patients with partial seizures or postherpetic neuralgia. valproic acid and gabapentin), in nursing homes, particularly patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. There are a lot of reasons that may explain the massive increase in use of these drugs.
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GeriPal
APRIL 10, 2025
I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it.
GeriPal
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
First, in our editorial, we expressed concern about the length of stay metric not being patient centric, though important for health systems focused on cost savings. And PAIR stands for the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center. Also a core faculty member at the PAIR Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
GeriPal
APRIL 6, 2023
Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. So, it’s not just a cost center. These studies are important. Is that your grandchildren?
GeriPal
MARCH 6, 2025
Naheed 15:56 2014. Eric 15:57 2014. I’m guessing, like here, especially in 2014, almost none of it was. They’re more, more interested in relationship centered care than the fancy medicines that you’re. And I wonder if that is key in patients, people who are experiencing homelessness as well.
GeriPal
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome Ruth McDermott-Levy, who is Professor in the College of Nursing at Villanova University and Co-Director of the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment. And that’s a good thing to share with an older patient or client that making decisions about your activity.
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