Dehydration plagues nursing home residents with COVID in facility study
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 16, 2021
Clinically significant dehydration is very common among residents with COVID-19 — especially those with dementia or delirium, investigators found. Care providers should be ready with IV fluids and a...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, May 6
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Alicia Lasek
May 06, 2021
Long-term care pharmacies call for inclusion in Provider Relief Fund … Clinically vulnerable elders at greater risk of deterioration during pandemic: study … Op-ed: FDA’s ‘abundance of caution’...
Delirium a stand-out coronavirus symptom in people with dementia
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 06, 2021
People with dementia are not more likely than their same-age peers to develop severe COVID-19 or die from the disease — but they are more likely to experience delirium, according to a new study.
Geriatrician endorses creative steps to reduce delirium due to COVID
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2021
Early steps must be taken to detect and address delirium in older adults with COVID-19, says physician and researcher Sharon Inouye, M.D., MPH. Delirium is not included in the CDC’s case report criteria...
What emergency docs see: Delirium signals COVID in older patients
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 23, 2020
Almost a third of older emergency department patients who were subsequently diagnosed with COVID had delirium at admission, investigators say. And many had no other COVID symptoms, such as cough or fever.
Vitamin D levels predict delirium risk in hospitalized seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 07, 2020
Seniors with vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency face an increased risk for hospital‐diagnosed delirium — a problem that’s relatively easy to correct, investigators say.
Delirium a telltale sign of COVID in frail older adults
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 30, 2020
Clinicians should keep in mind that delirium is an early warning sign of COVID-19 in frail, elderly adults — even when cough, fever and other classic signs are absent, physician researchers say.
Mental health risk is low in coronavirus, but long-term delirium may occur
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Alicia Lasek
May 19, 2020
An analysis of mental health outcomes from past SARS and MERS outbreaks may offer useful predictions about coronavirus outcomes for clinicians, say British researchers.
Post-acute care after COVID-19: What to expect
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 09, 2020
While there are many unknowns about coronavirus survivors’ future healthcare needs, a discharge model reveals what post-acute providers might soon be dealing with.
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, November 27
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 26, 2019
Lung cancer treatment should not be withheld for seniors aged 90+ … Poor hand hygiene may be biggest transmitter of superbug E.coli … Apple Watch electrocardiogram may help diagnose heart attack …...