Hip fracture surgery generally lower during COVID-19 pandemic
Jan 03, 2022
Apart from fall 2020, hip fracture surgery volumes among older individuals were lower than among historic controls until vaccination
AAOS: Some seniors may continue opioid use after hip fracture surgery
Sep 02, 2021
Risk factors for persistent opioid use include prior substance abuse, smoking, higher body mass index, fracture fixation surgery
Clinical briefs for Monday, July 26
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 26, 2021
U.S. purchase of 200M more Pfizer vaccine doses may foreshadow booster shot needs: report … Pandemic prostate cancer surgery disparities are a surprise to investigators … Scientists reverse age-related...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, June 23
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 23, 2021
Half of LTC residents with brain tumor surgery return to community, European study finds … Long-term respiratory multimorbidity increases depression risk … Medicare should run its own study of...
Provider worry: Select elective surgeries decreasing among seniors, study shows
By
Danielle Brown
May 11, 2021
Skilled nursing providers are banking on the resumption of elective surgeries to serve as a springboard to higher occupancy levels.
Surgery rates fall in elders; improved screening may be reason
By
Alicia Lasek
May 11, 2021
Despite an aging population and safer surgical procedures, the frequency of abdominal surgery is decreasing among older adults — particularly in those age 85 and older, according to researchers from...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, April 8
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 08, 2021
More limits on elective surgeries ending, bringing good news for some providers … Want to know where your employees go at shift’s end? This map may tell you … Expected ‘tsunami’ of post-COVID...
Surgery may accelerate Alzheimer’s in at-risk patients, scientists contend
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 22, 2021
Memory test scores were significantly worse nine months after surgery in study participants who had markers of Alzheimer’s brain plaques, but no sign of dementia before surgery.
Short-term ‘prehab’ doesn’t prevent muscle wasting after surgery, therapists find
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 22, 2020
Older adults who are scheduled for elective surgery will likely benefit more from a longer-term prehab program of targeted strength exercises, therapist-researchers say.
Painkiller use tied to higher mortality after outpatient surgery in seniors
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 26, 2020
Clinicians should be aware of preoperative opioid exposure levels to ensure older patients’ safe recovery, and to help determine the dosage of post-surgical painkillers, researchers say.