Importance Scalable deprescribing interventions may reduce polypharmacy and the use of
potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs); however, few studies have been large enough …

OBJECTIVES Polypharmacy is common, costly, and harmful for hospitalized older adults.
Scalable strategies to reduce the burden of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are …

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)
infection causes high morbidity and mortality in older adults with chronic illnesses. …

Background: Many seriously ill and frail inpatients receive potentially inappropriate or
harmful medications and do not receive medications for symptoms of advanced illness. We …

Hypercoagulability is a well-known complication of NS, conferring both increased venous
and arterial thrombotic risk. The largest epidemiologic studies suggest that clinically apparent …

Stargardt disease (STGD) is the leading cause of juvenile macular degeneration associated
with progressive central vision loss, photophobia, and colour vision abnormalities. In this …

Story From the Front Lines A woman in her 40s presented to the emergency department with
a 3-week history of severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and rebound tenderness on …

The plant Portulaca oleracea is used as medicinal herb atleast 2000 years ago and it is also
used as food before this period. Portulaca oleracea belongs to the family Portulacea, which …

Background Medical care is often focused on reversing acute conditions, even for patients
with a short prognosis and significant symptoms who would prefer a focus on palliation. We …

Objectives The MERA intervention is a complex, innovative quality improvement project for
seriously ill and frail elderly Canadians. It deploys a multidisciplinary team to align patients’ …