Restless Legs Syndrome: New guideline provides treatment recommendations for RLS
Evaluate for and treat underlying conditions that can exacerbate RLS • Iron Deficiency • OSA, PLMS • CKD, ESRD • Alcohol, caffeine, antihistaminergic, serotonergic, antidopaminergic medications • Diabetes, COPD •…
Multiple adverse outcomes associated with antipsychotic use in people with dementia: population based matched cohort study | The BMJ
https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj-2023-076268
Don’t Lose Your Head: Altered Mental Status (AMS) and UTI
Clinical-Pearl-Altered-Mental-Status-and-UTIDownload
Fifteen Things Physicians and Patients Should Question in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care:
Choosing Wisely | AMDA (paltc.org)
Alzheimer’s Hope – Making Life Better TODAY
Meet all dementia patients where THEY are. You cannot reason with an illogical person who has dementia. https://www.alzheimershope.com/10absolutes/six.php
Lecture: UTI or ASB?
Washington State Dept of Health Antimicrobial Stewardship of UTI in the LTC Setting. UTI lecture #1 Slides Washington State Dept of Health Debunking the Myths Associated with UTI Lecture Video…
Health information exchange interoperability
Interoperability and Health Information Exchange | HIMSS HIMSS is continually working to provide crucial tools for the advancement of semantic interoperability and standards-based health information and technology systems that lead…
HAN Advisory – Expedited influenza A subtyping in hospitalized patients | January 27, 2025 – shepherd@docshepherd.com – docshepherd.com Mail
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQZSsHbfbsRxQmcVTXwWHvSKbrV?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1 Most clinical influenza tests are able to identify the type of influenza viruscausing infection: type A or type B. However, these tests cannot distinguish thesubtype of influenza A virus…
Aspirin for Primary Prevention of CVD
Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement | Cardiovascular Risk Factors | JAMA | JAMA Network 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of…
CMDA 2025 Conference
CMDA - The Colorado Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine is proud to announce its 30th Annual Conference, Honoring Our Why: Colorado’s Collective Purpose in PALTC Medicine, to…
Fwd: Big Data Shows Surprising Ozempic Outcomes(Good and Bad)
Big Data Shows Surprising Ozempic Outcomes(Good and Bad)
REVISED: Revised Long-Term Care (LTC) Surveyor Guidance: Significant revisions to enhance quality and oversight of the LTC survey process
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-25-12-nh.pdf
Moderna’s RSV vaccine for older adults 84% effective and safe, clinical trial shows | CIDRAP
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv/modernas-rsv-vaccine-older-adults-84-effective-and-safe-clinical
Medical Director Report – January 2025
Influenza and COVID COVID-19 Avian Influenza – Influenza H5N1 This strain of influenza has multiple subtypes (H5N1, H5N3, H5N8 etc…) and primarily infects domestic and wild birds but can also…
Vitamin K2 in Managing Nocturnal Leg Cramps: A Randomized Clinical Trial | Sleep Medicine | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2825457?guestAccessKey=8e8ffc26-1ef0-4da2-82fa-32878c678ae5&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamainternalmedicine&utm_content=olf&utm_term=102824&adv=070401960153