Clinical update on nursing home medicine: 2013

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2013 Dec;14(12):860-76. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.09.015.

Abstract

This is the seventh article in the series of Clinical Updates on Nursing Home Care. The topics covered are antiresorptive drugs, hip fracture, hypertension, orthostatic hypotension, depression, undernutrition, anorexia, cachexia, sarcopenia, exercise, pain, and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.

Keywords: Antiresorptive drugs; anorexia; behavioral symptoms; bisphosphonates; cachexia; dementia; depression; exercise; hip fracture; hypertension; orthostatic hypotension; pain; psychological symptoms; sarcopenia; undernutrition.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anabolic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anorexia / etiology
  • Anorexia / therapy
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use
  • Bandages
  • Bone Density Conservation Agents / administration & dosage
  • Bone Density Conservation Agents / adverse effects
  • Cachexia / etiology
  • Cachexia / therapy
  • Congresses as Topic
  • Dementia / psychology
  • Dementia / therapy
  • Depression / diagnosis
  • Depression / therapy
  • Diet, Sodium-Restricted
  • Frail Elderly
  • Geriatrics*
  • Hip Fractures / rehabilitation
  • Hip Fractures / surgery
  • Human Growth Hormone / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / therapy
  • Malnutrition / etiology
  • Malnutrition / therapy
  • Nursing Homes*
  • Osteoporotic Fractures / prevention & control
  • Pain Management
  • Postoperative Care
  • Sarcopenia / etiology
  • Sarcopenia / therapy
  • Skin Transplantation
  • Stockings, Compression
  • Varicose Ulcer / diagnosis
  • Varicose Ulcer / physiopathology
  • Varicose Ulcer / therapy
  • Weight Loss

Substances

  • Anabolic Agents
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Bone Density Conservation Agents
  • Human Growth Hormone