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Geriatric Assessment Boosted Outcomes in OAs

Physician's Weekly

At 30 days, mortality was 1.0%, Emergency Department (ED) visits were 6.9%, hospitalization was 6.6%, and NH admission was 4.0%. Source: bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-025-02895-x The post Geriatric Assessment Boosted Outcomes in OAs first appeared on Physician's Weekly. P < 0.001, η 2   = 0.5].

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Trial of a Strategy to Reduce Antidepressants in Dementia

Physician's Weekly

Source: bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-025-02894-y The post Trial of a Strategy to Reduce Antidepressants in Dementia first appeared on Physician's Weekly. Investigators concluded that the intervention did not lead to a significant reduction in antidepressant use among older nursing home residents with dementia.

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Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ

Reference: Benson J , Sexton R , Dowrick C , et al, Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic As we face the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, doctors, and particularly general practitioners and family doctors (GPs), answer the call to serve in time-pressured, unfamiliar, chaotic, and often-traumatic environments.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

And so I was really thinking about why are some of my people that are hospitalized doing better than others? Like it’s… Julianne: But I mean the one thing that Carla and I did in this article was try to provide a framework of very practical steps that providers can use.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. Studies from the USA showed that adding one GP per 10,000 inhabitants was associated with 2-5 fewer deaths 5 , 6 and 4 fewer hospitalizations 5 annually.