Parkinson's Disease: An update on Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Management Part 5: Management Strategies

Update on Delirium: Diagnosis, Management, and Pathophysiology

Delirium, a condition marked by changes in clinical and mental status, has increasingly been understood as prevalent and dangerous, particularly among elderly or frail patients. It is caused by medical or surgical problems and medication burdens that are beyond the physiological tolerance of the patient. Delirium occurs in 15% to 60% of nursing home patients, 14% to 56% of inpatients, and up to...

Microscopic Colitis: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Current Management—An Update 2013

Microscopic colitis is a common cause of chronic diarrhea. Over the last years the incidence and the prevalence of microscopic colitis are rising and this rise is largely attributed to a rising awareness, and concomitantly an increasing number of diagnoses are made. Patients with microscopic colitis report watery, nonbloody diarrhea of chronic, intermittent, or chronic recurrent course. Followi...

Epidemiology, pathophysiology and management

problem worldwide. This symptom is extremely ubiquitous and the frequency of this minor malady obliges it be considered one of the most important pathologies of childhood. This disorder as defined in ICD-10 and DSM-IV is characterized by involuntary or intentional voiding of urine, by day and/or night, that is abnormal in relation to the individual’s mental age; and which is not a consequence o...

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management strategies.

Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of bacteremia, and S. aureus bacteremia is associated with higher morbidity and mortality, compared with bacteremia caused by other pathogens. The burden of S. aureus bacteremia, particularly methicillin-resistant S. aureus bacteremia, in terms of cost and resource use is high. The risk of infective endocarditis and of seeding to other metastatic foci incr...

non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: an update in pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapy