12.15.2021
Clinical Alerts
12.13.2021
Reducing Prolonged Admissions: Podcast with Kenny Lam, Jessica Eng, Sarah Hooper, and Anne Fabiny
In this podcast GeriPal talks with Kenny Lam, Jessica Eng, Sarah Hooper, and Anne Fabiny about their successful interdisciplinary intervention to reduce prolonged admissions, published...
12.13.2021
The Messiness of Medical Decision Making in Advanced Illness: A Podcast with James Tulsky
Anyone who cares for individuals with serious illness must live in a messy space where tough conversations about treatment decisions are common and complicated. On...
11.08.2021
Polypharmacy Among Older Adults with Dementia Compared With Those Without Dementia in the United States
In older persons with dementia (PWD), extensive medication use is often unnecessary, discordant with goals of care, and possibly harmful. The objective of this study...
11.08.2021
Common Non-Malignant Causes of Low Back Pain in Patients with Serious Illness
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) provides peer-reviewed, evidence-based summaries of key palliative care topics (“Fast Facts”). Nearly 25% of the population experience low...
11.08.2021
“Real World” Eligibility for Aducanumab: A Podcast with Tim Anderson and Marco Canevelli
The FDA label for the amyloid antibody aducanumab (Aduhelm) started off exceedingly broad, basically including anyone with Alzheimer’s disease, but was subsequently narrowed to patients...
10.12.2021
Oxygen Supplementation in COPD Exacerbation with Hypoxia and Hypercapnia
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is projected to be the third leading cause of mortality worldwide in 2020, with an annual healthcare expenditure of $50...
10.12.2021
Oral Care: Focused History and Examination In Patients With Serious Illness
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) provides peer-reviewed, evidence-based summaries of key palliative care topics (“Fast Facts”). Patients nearing the end of life from...
10.12.2021
Is nudging patients ethical? Podcast with Jenny Blumenthal-Barby and Scott Halpern
In this podcast, GeriPal talks with Jenny Blumenthal-Barby and Scott Halpern, two experts in the ethics and study of “nudging,” or using heuristics, biases, or...