Geriatric medicine

Abstract

In 2016, consequences, contributing factors, and prevention of inappropriate drug prescribing were investigated. Two studies lift the veil on unexplained falls and syncope. A meta-Analysis questions the need to adapting transfusion's threshold to comorbidities, and another one the performance of screening for swallowing disorders. The Framingham Heart Study reports the declining of the incidence of vascular dementia. The role played by microbleeds in cognitive deterioration was investigated and aducanumab showed encouraging effect in Alzheimer's disease. When vaccination against influenza for health workers in nursing home was challenged by a meta-Analysis this recommendation must be followed. Vaccines against shingles are effective and safe, and a study confirms the efficacy of the HZ7su among 70+.