Volume 18 - Number 04 - April, 2010

Clinical Geriatrics

Clinical Practice Guideline—or Mandate?
04/15/2010
Guidelines may not be meant as such, but in most cases they serve as mandates and should be taken seriously.
04/15/2010
To Image Screen or Not to Screen?
04/15/2010
Albert J. Finestone, MD, MSc, FACP
The following brief case vignette raises an important issue of incidental finding after screening imaging.
04/15/2010
Opioid Analgesics for Persistent Pain in the Older Patient: Part II
04/15/2010
David R.P. Guay, PharmD, FCCP, FASCP
In most patients, several opioids can be utilized, and the selection process is choosing an agent with which the prescriber has extensive experience.
04/15/2010
Diagnosis and Treatment of Mild Cognitive Impairment
04/15/2010
Robert C. Langan, MD; Maria V. Ghetu, MD, FAAFP; Paula C. Bordelon, DO, FAAFP
Mild cognitive impairment is an emerging term for an intermediate stage between cognitive changes of normal aging and dementia in elderly people.
04/15/2010
Traumatic Brain Injury in the Elderly
04/15/2010
Steven R. Gambert, MD, AGSF, MACP; Deborah M. Stein, MD, MPH, FACS; Tracy Timmons, MD; Jay Menaker, MD, FACEP
As the population ages, physicians will need to know the appropriate evaluation and treatment of Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in elderly patients.
04/15/2010
Parkinson Disease
Parkinson Disease
Dementia with Lewy Bodies: Parkinsonism and Dementia in an Older Man
04/15/2010
Joseph H. Friedman, MD
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is common and often not recognized as distinct from Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
04/15/2010
A Case of Dissociative Amnesia in an Older Woman
04/15/2010
David Woo, MD; Melinda S. Lantz, MD
The amnestic episode is thought to be an intrapsychic defense, excluding painful memories from conscious awareness.
04/15/2010
Pathophysiology of Diabetes in the Elderly
04/15/2010
Graydon Meneilly, MD, FRCPC, FACP
There are a number of reasons why the incidence and prevalence of diabetes increases with age.
04/15/2010