Geriatrics
As an F1, you will quite frequently get bleeped to review a patient who has had a...
Acute confusion, otherwise known as delirium, is very common in hospitals: 20-30%...
It is important for junior doctors to understand what the discharge planning process...
Constipation is one of the most common complaints in hospital, especially on the...
Dying is a natural process and unfortunately, something that we all come across in...
From the Greek: Syn: together & kopein: to cut - referring to a block in blood supply...
Fragility fractures in the elderly
As a junior doctor on call, in geriatrics or in...
What is frailty?
A state of increased vulnerability to poor resolution of homeostasis...
In this article, we will present several common scenarios involving Parkinson’s disease...
As an FY1 in hospital, you will come across lots of patients with dementia. They...
Patients may live or be discharged to a wide variety of social care settings and...
Within Geriatric Medicine you are always working as part of a multidisciplinary team...
