The Ultimate “Palliative” Branded Products
July 28, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) The word “palliative” is popping up in a lot of unexpected places of late. Sometimes…
Antipsychotics for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting
July 22, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) So yesterday I wrote about the rapid uptake of using antipsychotics for insomnia in the hospital…
Antipsychotics for Sleep: When Did This Become a Thing?
July 21, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Sleep. It’s sometimes hard enough to get enough at home with all the distractions of…
JAMA ICU Trial: Messaging, Information Toxicity, and The Simpsons
July 13, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD There’s been some terrific discussion about the ICU trial published in JAMA. I’d like to share…
Please Don’t Talk About Aging!!!
July 8, 2016
by: Ken Covinsky @geri_doc A colleague of mine, who is chief of the Geriatrics Division at a major medical school,…
Fast food-style palliative care consults found inneffective, may cause PTSD
July 6, 2016
by: Alex Smith, MD. Alex Smith was formerly a palliative care attending at UCSF. Now that his work has been…
Do Proton Pump Inhibitors Increase Risk for Dementia?
July 5, 2016
Case: Ms. P is a 76 year old lady with a past medical history of GERD, osteoporosis status post right…
Who prescribes donepezil or memantine for dementia? Not Geriatricians from the Bronx…
June 28, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) There are two main drug classes use to treat Alzheimer’s disease, cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) and the…
Palliative Care: Who Do We Serve?
June 26, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Some of the best evidence for palliative care comes from interventions focused primarily on individuals with…
Yet another harm of docusate
June 22, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) We’ve written about the harms and lack of efficacy of docusate a fair amount on Geripal…