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Volume 12 - Number 09 - September, 2004

Clinical Geriatrics

Featured
Review Article
Review Article
An Overview of Sleep Disorders in the Older Patient
01/17/2008

Maju Mathews, MD, MRCPsych, DPM, Babatunde Adetunji, MD, FASAM, Kumar Budur, MD, DCP, Manu Mathews, MD, and Siva Ramachandran, MD, MRCP, Dip ABSM

Maju Mathews, MD, MRCPsych, DPM, Babatunde Adetunji, MD, FASAM, Kumar Budur, MD, DCP, M...
Sleep in the elderly tends to be more fragmented, with a longer time required to fall asleep, which in turn results in reduced sleep efficiency.
01/17/2008
Aging with Diabetes—An Underappreciated Cause of Progressive Disability and Reduced Quality of Life
01/17/2008

Sally M. Pinkstaff, MD, PhD

Sally M. Pinkstaff, MD, PhD
Diabetes care in the older adult requires an individualized approach.
01/17/2008
Case in Point
Case in Point
Atypical Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome in Women
01/17/2008

Barbara J. Kircher, MD, FACC

Barbara J. Kircher, MD, FACC
Accurate diagnosis of CAD in women is challenging due to the high prevalence of atypical presentations and lack of suspicion by women and doctors.
01/17/2008
The Cost of Prescriptions
01/17/2008

Steven R. Gambert, MD

Steven R. Gambert, MD
Although consumers cannot negotiate lower prices by themselves, they can in certain circumstances call ahead to ascertain prices.
01/17/2008
Remedies for Medicare’s Chronic Ills
01/17/2008

Barney S. Spivack, MD

Barney S. Spivack, MD
The AGS has been actively working to improve the practices of those of us with high geriatric caseloads through a variety of measures.
01/17/2008
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome in a Medically Ill Older Woman
01/17/2008

Michael E. Murray, DO, PhD, Sukara Gregory, MD, and Kathleen Franco, MD

Michael E. Murray, DO, PhD, Sukara Gregory, MD, and Kathleen Franco, MD
Although mortality has been lowered by safer medications, early identification, and rapid treatment, NMS still occurs.
01/17/2008
The Health Care Worker, Resistant Bacteria (MRSA), and Preventing Contagion
01/17/2008

Peter A. Boling, MD

Peter A. Boling, MD
When patients develop infections where S. aureus is a likely pathogen, high-risk patients should receive medication likely to inhibit MRSA.
01/17/2008