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Diabetes related complications among Ethiopian Jews-Outcomes of a 10 years cohort study in Israel [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Multivariate analyses were conducted to evaluate adjusted hazard ratios for various demographic, clinical, and comorbid factors at the onset of the disease and after a 10-year follow-up period. Setting: Community-based study using Clalit Health Services (CHS) data.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

So I think we’re poised now with the guide model and with the evidence we have about healthcare utilization, impact on caregivers, course of dementia, comorbidity management and all of that. Well, because they’re hard on people with dementia and they can be very hard on families, and they’re a form of crisis.

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Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

GeriPal

Management of chronic pain in the elderly: focus on transdermal buprenorphine. We got some really special guests with us. If somebody’s dealing with a chronic pain and multiple chronic diseases, they have an opioid use disorder and we get referred that patient to a palliative care clinic is that in our Bailey wick?

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

These are patients who had a pre-existing chronic disease, very broadly defined. COPD, heart failure, solid oncology, hematologic malignancy, dementia, ALS, interstitial lung disease, several others. I’m just stunned even writing that! We’ve come so far as a field. Eric: And who are the patients including in this trial, again?