Clinical Update on Nursing Home Medicine: 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 exacerbations such as breathlessness; diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment and dementia; and wound care and pressure ulcer management.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - October 26, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, Milta O. Little, John E. Morley, Julie K. Gammack Tags: Updates from the AMDA meeting Source Type: research