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Volume 20 - Number 9 - September 2012

Clinical Geriatrics

Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: The Impact of Depression on Medication Compliance
09/14/2012
It is estimated that about 1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men will experience a depressive episode during their lifetime.
09/14/2012
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Examining the Usage of Medications on the Beers Criteria List in the Community Setting
09/14/2012
As time goes on, the number of older adults will continue to increase. We must be prepared to properly and effectively treat this growing patient population.
09/14/2012
Physician's Perspective
Physician's Perspective
Revisiting Our Assumptions of Exercise and Bone Health
09/14/2012

Steven R. Gambert, MD, AGSF, MACP Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Geriatrics®

Steven R. Gambert, MD, AGSF, MACP Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Geriatrics®
Robin M. Daly, PhD, spoke about nonpharmacologic interventions for falls and fracture prevention.
09/14/2012
Case Report
Case Report
Collagenous Colitis in a Patient With Chronic Diarrhea: An Underdiagnosed and Undertreated Condition
09/14/2012

Mona Gupta, MD 1-3 • Theodore T. Suh, MD, PhD, MHS 4,5 1Palliative Medicine Section, Department of Solid Tumor Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 2Hospice of Cleveland Clinic, Center for Home Care and Community Rehabilitation, Neurological Institute of Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 3Center for Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 4Division of Community Geriatrics, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 5Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX  

Mona Gupta, MD 1-3 • Theodore T. Suh, MD, PhD, MHS 4,5 1Palliative Medicine Section, De...
Collagenous colitis is a common and treatable form of chronic, watery diarrhea, the incidence of which appears to be increasing over time.
09/14/2012
Case Report
Case Report
Lateral Compression Type 1 Pelvic Fractures in Elderly Anticoagulated Patients
09/14/2012

Dafang Zhang, BA1 • Edward K. Rodriguez, MD, PhD1,2 • Alok Gupta, MD1,3 • Stephen R. Odom, MD, FACS1,3 1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 2Department of Orthopedics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical School, Boston, MA 3Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical School, Boston, MA  

Dafang Zhang, BA1 • Edward K. Rodriguez, MD, PhD1,2 • Alok Gupta, MD1,3 • Stephen R. Od...
Clinicians should have a high degree of suspicion when assessing geriatric patients with apparently benign pelvic fractures.
09/14/2012
First Report®
First Report®
American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 2012 Annual Meeting
09/14/2012
American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 2012 Annual Meeting: April 21-28, 2012; New Orleans, LA
09/14/2012
First Report®
First Report®
American Pain Society 31st Annual Scientific Meeting
09/14/2012
American Pain Society 31st Annual Scientific Meeting: May 16-19, 2012; Honolulu, HI
09/14/2012
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Constipation in the Hospitalized Older Patient: Part 1
09/14/2012

Emmanuel Osei-Boamah, MD1,2 • Sai-Ho Jason Chui, PharmD, BCPS1 • Cara Diaz, RN, MS, CRNP1 • Steven R. Gambert, MD, AGSF, MACP1,2 1R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 2Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD  

Emmanuel Osei-Boamah, MD1,2 • Sai-Ho Jason Chui, PharmD, BCPS1 • Cara Diaz, RN, MS, CRN...
Normal aging is associated with significant changes in the function of most organs and tissues, of which the GI tract is no exception.
09/14/2012
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Death Is Not a Question of “If”
09/14/2012
In our modern medical world, death is much more a choice about when, where, and how.
09/14/2012