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Analgesic stewardship in Australian residential aged care facilities: Retrospective audit of a collaborative approach to optimising opioid use
CONCLUSIONS: A systematic, multidisciplinary analgesic stewardship approach may optimise pain management plans and reduce opioid usage in RACF residents.PMID:37198752 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13213
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - May 18, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Nicole McDerby Paresh Dawda Source Type: research

Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats
LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS— When a Dutch nurse named Lucia de Berk stood trial for serial murder in 2003, statistician Richard Gill was aware of the case. But he saw no reason to stick his nose into it. De Berk was a pediatric nurse at Juliana Children’s Hospital in The Hague. In 2001, after a baby died while she was on duty, a colleague told superiors that De Berk had been present at a suspiciously high number of deaths and resuscitations. Hospital staff immediately informed the police. When investigators reexamined records from De Berk’s shifts, they found 10 suspicious incidents. Three other hospitals where D...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 19, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Frequent users of health services among community-based older Australians: Characteristics and association with mortality
CONCLUSIONS: Our analysis found that frequent service users aged over 75 years had poorer quality of life, more complex health conditions and higher mortality and so their health service use was not inappropriate. However, better management of these frequent service users may lead to better health outcomes.PMID:35761510 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13110
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - June 28, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Margaret Williamson Margo Linn Barr Alamgir Kabir Elizabeth Jane Comino Brendan Goodger Ben F Harris-Roxas Ann-Marie Crozier Tony Jackson Julie Finch Mark Fort Harris Source Type: research

Influence of atrial fibrillation subtypes on anticoagulant therapy in a high-risk older population: the FAI project
CONCLUSIONS: In a population-based survey, AF pattern was an independent predictor of OAC treatment. Paroxysmal AF is still perceived as carrying a lower risk of vascular events.PMID:35543807 | DOI:10.1007/s40520-022-02140-w
Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - May 11, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Antonio Di Carlo Fabio Mori Domenico Consoli Leonardo Bellino Augusto Zaninelli Marzia Baldereschi Maria Grazia D'Alfonso Chiara Gradia Alessandro Cattarinussi Bruno Sgherzi Giovanni Pracucci Benedetta Piccardi Bianca Maria Polizzi Domenico Inzitari Natio Source Type: research

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