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Tool Gauges Burden Among Caregivers of Patients With Psoriasis

Physician's Weekly

Ulrich Mrowietz, MD, explains that psoriasis “is a chronic disease, and a large amount of money and resources are wasted due to non-adherent behavior or lack of appropriate treatment and comorbidity costs.” The burden of psoriasis extends beyond the patient to the caregivers who help to manage day-to-day symptoms.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

And often patients are told there’s no cardiovascular problem, you don’t have heart failure, you’re older, or maybe it’s from another chronic condition or. Another study looking at the benefits of physical rehabilitation in patients with HFpEF. They see it’s preserved. So I think more to come.

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What Is The Best Example Of Preventive Care?

Mesa Family Physician

Tertiary Prevention: Managing Existing Conditions Tertiary preventive care focuses on managing existing chronic diseases to prevent complications, improve quality of life, and reduce the negative impact of disease. These measures are taken after a disease has been diagnosed.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

JAGS Hospital-at-Home Interventions vs In-Hospital Stay for Patients With Chronic Disease Who Present to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. In that clinical experience, we saw a lot of older adults who would develop acute illness, often exacerbations of their chronic conditions.

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