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Optimizing participation in the OECD PaRIS Project: Lessons learned in Saskatchewan [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: A participatory approach to cross-sectional surveys was facilitated through the building and nurturing of relationships based on trust and transparency with all members of the research team. Descriptive and inferential statistics were undertaken. Setting: Primary care clinics across Saskatchewan.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

I would say it’s probably the most measured physiologic parameter and strangely still one of the least understood, especially in older adults with multiple chronic conditions. They have a lot of chronic conditions. Michelle 34:35 Absolutely. So frail or older adults. Eric 35:19 Yeah. What did you do in your study?

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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

So, every single [inaudible 00:05:10] there is per the table, in an equianalgesic relationship to one another. Drew: The problem with equianalgesic tables is that every one of those relationships is fixed and bidirectional. But I think people would have an embolic event if you gave them a flipping range. What I asked was why?

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

And that’s true across the spectrum of care, but it becomes increasingly important when you think about people with multiple chronic conditions, who really do have to make some of these very difficult conversations and decisions. Eric: And hearing loss is associated with a bunch of bad outcomes. Is that right?

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The MAHA Assessment’s Implications: Drugs (Part One)

FDA Law Blog

However, as the Assessment notes, [t]here aremany possible adverse events for which there is inadequate evidence to accept or reject a causal relationship, which may otherwise lead manufacturers to opt not to include them in the labeling.

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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. If they’re frail, if they’re falling, if they have cognitive impairment, they’re at higher risk of adverse drug events.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

I knew them, I developed a relationship with them. It’s somebody different every month, and you never develop that relationship. But, for a majority, it’s a first time event. I would go into somebody’s home where I could do a visual check. Are there fall and injury risk? Is there food in the refrigerator?