Geriatrics

With ARBs linked to a higher risk of suicide, investigators suggest treating diseases like hypertension, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, and diabetes with ACEIs instead.

Michael Stewart, MD, of Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, discusses the results of 2 phase 2a studies examining the use of AKST4290 in treatment naive and refractory neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

In a phase 3b study, 75% of patients using HTX-011 were discharged without opioids following a total knee arthroplasty.

A phase 1b study, which was presented by Charles Wykoff, MD, PhD, at AAO 2019, found the novel anti-VEGF therapy KSI-301 shows promise for treating a slew of retinal diseases.

The results of a new survey regarding quality of care for end stage renal disease patients raise questions about how to improve the quality of end-of-life care.

While depression does not impact functional recovery much following discharge, both dementia and delirium could affect a geriatric patient’s functional status.