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JAMDA
October 20, 2021
JAMDA
October 28, 2020
To describe the symptomatology, mortality, and risk factors for mortality in a large group of Dutch nursing home (NH) residents with clinically suspected COVID-19 who were tested with a reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test.
JAMDA
January 23, 2014
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is arguably the most common infection in the long term care (LTC) setting. Making the diagnosis of UTI and deciding when to initiate treatment with antimicrobial therapy is a challenge to all LTC providers. Widespread prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria, lack of an accepted...
JAMDA
October 23, 2014
This is the eighth yearly update on clinical care in the nursing home. Topics covered this year are heart failure, delirium, nutrition, hospice, diabetes mellitus, frailty, and sarcopenia.
JAMDA
November 2, 2015
This is the ninth yearly update on clinical care in the nursing home. Topics covered this year are disease management in frail elders, heart failure, pneumonia, mild cognitive impairment, meaningful activities in the nursing home, atrial fibrillation, and anticoagulation.
JAMDA
October 22, 2016
This is the tenth clinical update. It covers chronic kidney disease, dementia, hypotension, polypharmacy, rapid geriatric assessment, and transitional care.
JAMDA
October 26, 2017
This is the 11th annual Clinical Update from the AMDA meeting article. This year the topics covered are hypertension after the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk factors, diagnosis and management including end-of-life planning, and the difficulties with e...
JAMDA
February 22, 2017
There is growing interest in the use of curcumin, a plant polyphenol with potent anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and neuroprotective properties, as a novel antidepressant. Clinical trials have yielded conflicting conclusions pertaining to its effectiveness in depression. A meta-analysis of the topic, whic...
JAMDA
March 5, 2014
The purpose of this descriptive, retrospective analysis was to develop a demographic and clinical profile of nursing home residents with a diagnosis of Huntington's disease (HD).
Spotlight
April 5, 2023
Vikas Reddy, MD, is a true team leader and epitomizes the type of practitioner the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine envisioned when they established the Clinician of the Year Award.