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The Geometry of Patient Safety: Horizontal and Vertical Approaches to the Hazards of Hospitalization #Pathophys #PatientInfo
Approaches to the Hazards ... of Hospitalization ... #PatientInfo #Geriatrics ... #Hazards #Hospitalization
Lazarus Sign / Reflex in Brain Death - Head Flexion

The presence of this complex spinal reflex
Lazarus Sign / Reflex ... spinal reflex ( Lazarus ... The Lazarus reflex ... or Lazarus sign ... #Lazarus #sign #
Lazarus Sign / Reflex in Brain Death - Head Turn

The presence of this complex spinal reflex
Lazarus Sign / Reflex ... spinal reflex ( Lazarus ... The Lazarus reflex ... or Lazarus sign ... #Lazarus #sign #
After emergency intubation, 33% percent of older adults die during the index hospitalization. #EBM #PatientInfo #Geriatrics
during the index hospitalization ... #PatientInfo #Geriatrics
Falls: Pathogenesis and Complications
Poly-pharmacy
Disorders affecting movement and balance
 - Sensory deficits
 - Neuromuscular degeneration/Cerebrovascular disease
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Environmental hazards ... Lifestyle #Geriatrics
Delirium Precipitants in the Elderly

I think of delirium like the AKI of the brain. Baseline risk
Polypharmacy - Hospitalization ... Precipitants #Elderly #Geriatrics
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) 10-Item Shortened Form #Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Geriatric #Depression #Scale #GDS #Shortened #Short
Geriatric Depression ... Form #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Geriatric #Depression
Hospitalization for the Evaluation of Patients with Low Risk Chest Pain 
Choosing Wisely: Things We Do
Hospitalization ... things-we-do-no-reason-hospitalization-evaluation-patients ... #Admission #Hospitalization
Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) vs. Kawasaki Disease
CDC Case Definition for MIS-C;
 • < 21
Illness requiring hospitalization ... diagnosis #peds #pediatrics
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
and decreased hospitalizations ... mortality and CV hospitalization