Intensive session: New approaches to medical issues in long-term care.
Barbara J Messinger-Rapport,
John E Morley,
David R Thomas,
Julie K Gammack
Review
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
2007
PubMed
DOI
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Abstract
This article, based on a series of presentations at the American Medical Directors Association, briefly highlights new advances in medical areas of interest to long-term care physicians. The areas discussed are heart failure, vitamin D, falls, new treatments for diabetes mellitus, blood pressure measurement, anemia, clinical nutrition, pressure ulcers, Clostridium difficile, insomnia, and antipsychotic therapy.
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