Gastrointestinal Disease
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Weight Loss and Failure to Thrive: Evaluating and Motivating Older Adults Toward Recovery
Weight Loss and Failure to Thrive: Evaluating and Motivating Older Adults Toward Recovery Weight Loss and Failure to Thrive: Evaluating and Motivating Older Adults Toward Recovery Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, FAAN Dr. Resnick is Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD. Address for correspondence: Barbara Resnick, PhD, 5435 Watercress Pl, Columbia, MD 21045. Motivation is best evaluated using a model called The Wheel of Motivation , which provides a ...
Objective: To determine whether high nursing home Aspiration in Nursing Home Residents: A Review
Update on the Management of Hypothyroidism
In the Colorado Thyroid Disease Prevalence Study, over 25,000 patients were screened for thyroid disease and grouped as having euthyroidism, mild thyroid failure, or overt hypothyroidism (Figure 2).4 All patients were evaluated for dyslipidemia, and while the cholesterol levels of patients with mild hypothyroidism were not as high as those with overt disease, there is definitely an elevation over the group with euthyroidism. The management goals for hypothyroidism in 2004 are to avoid ...
Misadventures With Drugs and Alcohol in the Older Patient: Alcohol Use, Misuse, and Abuse in Older Persons
Misadventures With Drugs and Alcohol in the Older Patient: Alcohol Use, Misuse, and Abuse in Older Persons Misadventures With Drugs and Alcohol in the Older Patient: Alcohol Use, Misuse, and Abuse in Older Persons Speakers: Kenneth E. Schmader, MD, and Alison A. Moore, MD, MPH Click here to download full article in PDF Prescription Drug Use, Misuse, and Abuse In Older Persons Kenneth E. Schmader, associate professor of Medicine-Geriatrics, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham...
Weight Loss and Failure to Thrive: Evaluating and Motivating Older Adults Toward Recovery Weight Loss and Failure to Thrive: Evaluating and Motivating Older Adults Toward Recovery Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, FAAN Dr. Resnick is Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD. Address for correspondence: Barbara Resnick, PhD, 5435 Watercress Pl, Columbia, MD 21045. Motivation is best evaluated using a model called The Wheel of Motivation , which provides a ...
In the Colorado Thyroid Disease Prevalence Study, over 25,000 patients were screened for thyroid disease and grouped as having euthyroidism, mild thyroid failure, or overt hypothyroidism (Figure 2).4 All patients were evaluated for dyslipidemia, and while the cholesterol levels of patients with mild hypothyroidism were not as high as those with overt disease, there is definitely an elevation over the group with euthyroidism. The management goals for hypothyroidism in 2004 are to avoid ...
Misadventures With Drugs and Alcohol in the Older Patient: Alcohol Use, Misuse, and Abuse in Older Persons Misadventures With Drugs and Alcohol in the Older Patient: Alcohol Use, Misuse, and Abuse in Older Persons Speakers: Kenneth E. Schmader, MD, and Alison A. Moore, MD, MPH Click here to download full article in PDF Prescription Drug Use, Misuse, and Abuse In Older Persons Kenneth E. Schmader, associate professor of Medicine-Geriatrics, Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers, Durham...