Management of cataracta membranacea in a geriatric patient

Symptom Management in the Geriatric Patient.

As the number of older Americans increases, so will the number of incident cancers. According to the US Bureau of Census in 1993, projected estimates indicate that 14% of the total population will be over the age of 65 by the year 2010, with Florida having the highest percentage of elderly at almost 20%. With this forecasted increase in the number of older Americans with cancer, it is important...

Management of acetabular fractures in the geriatric patient

INTRODUCTION Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is standard care for most acetabular fractures. With increasing numbers of acetabular fractures in the elderly, the risk of revision surgery and conversion to total hip replacement (THR) is increasing. Alarmingly, about 20-25% of acetabular fractures in the elderly following ORIF needed revision and conversion to delayed THR. METHODS Re...

Patient Relationship Management Method, an Approach toward Patient Satisfaction: A Case Study in a Public Hospital

Introduction: The aim of this project is to investigate the concepts of patient relationship management (PRM), patient satisfaction and their relationship. As healthcare industry has its own complexity, the so well defined idea in marketing which is CRM could not be implemented directly in health industry. Consequently the concept of PRM has been introduced. Metho...

Testicular mass in a geriatric patient.

An 80-year old man was admitted suffering from a painful, enlarged right testicle for approximately one month. His medical history revealed a transurethral resection of the prostate for benign hyperplasia seven years before. The resection, performed in another hospital, was complicated by recurrent strictures of the urethra and several episodes of lower urinary tract infection. Internal urethro...

Kaposi's sarcoma in a geriatric patient.