• Prescribing and deprescribing

    Prescribing and deprescribing
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    15 Jan, 2025
    Prescribing   Prescribing in geriatric patient is challenging due to multiple comorbidities   Factors considered in prescribing in old patients:   […]
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  • Frailty 

    Frailty 
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    15 Jan, 2025
    Definition: Frailty is defined as the inability to withstand (সহ্য করা) minor stresses because of reduced functional reserve in several […]
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  • Geriatric giants 

    Geriatric giants 
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    15 Jan, 2025
    Definition:  The giants of geriatrics are immobility, instability (falls), incontinence, intellectual impairment (dementia) and iatrogenic disease.  They have in common […]
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  • MDT

    MDT
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    15 Jan, 2025
    Member: Radiologist, pathologist,  Specialist physician, specialist surgeon,  Radiation oncologist, medical oncologist, Nurse specialist, auditor and scheduler.  Additional staff may be […]
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  • Fall

    Fall
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    15 Jan, 2025
    Risk factors for falls   History of falls,  Age over 80 years   Muscle weakness, Arthritis, Use of a walking aid    Visual […]
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  • Delirium

    Delirium
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    15 Jan, 2025
    SAQ. A 70-year-old man is admitted in palliative care for advanced bronchial malignancy. He has developed agitation and restless behavior […]
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  • Urinary Incontinence

    Urinary Incontinence
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    15 Jan, 2025
    Definition: involuntary loss of urine.   Evaluation: History: addressing any contributory factors like UTI → urgency, frequency, disuria  Constipation, chronic […]
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