Jun 29, 2020
A recent retrospective cohort study has explored the prevalence and predictors of diabetic medication de-intensification among Veterans with diabetes and limited life expectancy and/or advanced dementia admitted to Veterans Affairs nursing homes in the USA....
Jun 26, 2020
On the basis that elevated serum urate is associated with an increased risk of diabetic kidney disease, researchers thought that lowering serum urate using allopurinol may slow the decrease in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in persons with type 1 diabetes and...
Jun 24, 2020
Researchers from the United States have identified and characterised anticoagulation prescribing errors among patients discharged from emergency departments. A retrospective study assessing 797 anticoagulation prescriptions written between 2015 and 2018 identified...
Jun 17, 2020
Researchers in the United Kingdom have investigated whether antihypertensive medication reduction can be achieved without significant change in blood pressure control for older patients with hypertension. The study involved 569 participants aged 80 years and older...
Jun 15, 2020
Osteoporotic fractures can be a dangerous complication for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) taking anticoagulants. Researchers from China and the United Kingdom have recently conducted a population based cohort study to compare the risk for osteoporotic fracture...
