What emergency docs see: Delirium signals COVID in older patients
By
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.
Pneumonia twice as deadly as a broken hip in the elderly: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 19, 2020
Pneumonia patients ages 80 and older are twice as likely to die within two years of hospitalization as hip fracture patients, say researchers.
Post-hospital, elderly patients with personalized diets live longer, study finds
Dec 07, 2010
A new study has found that elderly patients discharged from hospitals who have highly personalized diets live longer. This group also has lower rates of rehospitalization.
