JAMDA
July 2, 2016
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JAMDA
July 1, 2016
Metabolic Control in Older Dependent People: Need for Improvement?
JAMDA
July 1, 2016
Reply to Letter to the Editor by R.L. Jump et al
JAMDA
June 30, 2016
Adverse Outcomes in Relation to Polypharmacy in Robust and Frail Older Hospital Patients
To explore the relationship between polypharmacy and adverse outcomes among older hospital inpatients stratified according to their frailty status.
JAMDA
June 29, 2016
Recent Advances in Sarcopenia Research in Asia: 2016 Update From the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia
Sarcopenia was recently classified a geriatric syndrome and is a major challenge to healthy aging. Affected patients tend to have worse clinical outcomes and higher mortality than those without sarcopenia. Although there is general agreement on the principal diagnostic characteristics, initial thresholds f...
JAMDA
June 24, 2016
Combination Therapy Showed Limited Superiority Over Monotherapy for Alzheimer Disease: A Meta-analysis of 14 Randomized Trials
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AChEI) and memantine are recognized drug treatments with limited clinical efficacy. Combination therapy for patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) was suggested, but the additional benefit of combination therapy is still controversial.
JAMDA
June 24, 2016
Decisions to Transfer Nursing Home Residents to Emergency Departments: A Scoping Review of Contributing Factors and Staff Perspectives
Nursing home (NH) residents are a frail and vulnerable population often faced with iatrogenic effects of hospital stays when transferred to emergency departments for acute changes in health status. Avoidable or unnecessary transfers of care need to be identified and defined to prevent unintended harm. The ...
JAMDA
June 24, 2016
Iatrogenic Nosocomial Disability Diagnosis and Prevention
JAMDA
June 24, 2016
Treatment of Osteoporosis in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities: Update on Consensus Recommendations for Fracture Prevention
Older people living in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) are at a higher risk of suffering fractures than the community-dwelling older population. The first Consensus Conference on Treatment of Osteoporosis in RACFs in Australia, held in Sydney in July 2009, aimed to address some of the issues relat...
JAMDA
June 24, 2016
