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Overall medication adherence as an indicator for health outcomes among elderly patients with hypertension and diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. Methods The study included individuals aged 75 to 90 years, diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension, who were treated with at least one antihypertensive, or antidiabetic medication in 2017.

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

education, income, number of previous hospitalizations) that also lead to clinical outcomes, not only race-based stratification. September 12, 2018. Establishing a Task Force to Reassess the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases. We might group people across socio-demographic categories (ex. link] Tsai J. Race Matters?

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Higher Dietary Inflammatory Index Tied to Elevated CHD Risk

Physician's Weekly

Current research suggests that the DII is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis,” wrote corresponding author Ming Cui, MD, PhD , Peking University Third Hospital, and colleagues. Independent Association The study involved analysis of data from 43,842 adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 1999-2018).

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GeriPal Takeover! Nancy Lundeberg and Annie Medina-Walpole

GeriPal

We covered: The first parody song I wrote, for AGS 2018 in Orlando , about this article by Nancy Schoenborn on how to discuss stopping cancer screening. Alex joined in 2018. This was 2018 in AGS Orlando, and they did a song about when to stop screening for cancer for colon cancer. Alex 05:15 Oh, really? And so we did this song.

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Whoop! There It Is: A Pertinent Pediatric Pertussis Podcast

PEMBlog

Pediatr Rev May 2018; 39 (5): 247–257. So respiratory complications include apnea, secondary bacterial pneumonia, and pulmonary hypertension. Greater than 50 percent of kids under 12 months of age with pertussis could require hospitalization. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. link] UpToDate Yeh S et al.

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