elderly
The Growing Epidemic of Elder Abuse
Over the last few years, the usual respect and care of our aging population is decaying into a growing incidence of ...
JULY 20, 2024

Higher Readmission Rates Found in Elderly Who Have Poor Pre-op Cognition Tests
San Francisco—Older surgical patients who performed poorly on preoperative cognitive evaluations exhibited ...
FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Older Patients at Risk for Urinary Retention After Open Lobectomy
Phoenix—Age may be just a number, as the saying goes, but when it comes to patients undergoing open thoracic ...
JANUARY 23, 2019

Study Finds Lactate a Poor Predictor for Hip Fracture Mortality, Complications
An elderly patient’s lactate level measured at the point of hospital admission does not predict mortality and ...
JANUARY 22, 2016
