Historical perspective on pressure ulcers: the decubitus ominosus of Jean-Martin Charcot
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Jean-Martin Charcot's study on decubitus ominosus or pressure ulcers is discussed and the modern medical and nutritional treatments of these ulcers are mentioned. Pressure ulcers are associated with severe illness and quite often result in mortality. They also mark inadequate care, which is of particular relevance in case of elderly patients.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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Standing orders in an ambulatory setting increases influenza vaccine usage in older people
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A study determining the effect of standing orders by physicians, on influenza vaccines, for elderly patients, increases its usage in an ambulatory setting, is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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Physician response to written feedback on a medication discrepancy found with their elderly ambulatory patients
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A study on elderly ambulatory patients' feedback on medications discrepancies, and physician responses to them, is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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