Screaming in Dementia Nages Nagaratnam, MD, FRCP, FRACP, FRCPA, FACC, Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine, Formerly of Department of Geriatric Medicine, Blacktown-MtDruitt Health, Blacktown, NSW, AUS. Kujan Nagaratnam, MB, FRACP, Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Blacktown-Mt Health, Blacktown, NSW, AUS. DEMENTIA

pneumonia is considered as the main cause of abdominal pain in children whereas it presents mostly by respiratory symptoms in adults. here we present a 71-year-old iranian female who complained specifically of abdominal pain on admission to our emergency department. we had found nothing as an etiology in our first evaluations. after several hours chest pain was added to the symptoms and the fol...

S DUE MARCH 1, 2005. SEE PAGE 17 FOR MORE INFORMATION. I I Division of Geriatric Medicine Saint Louis University School of Medicine 1402 South Grand Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri 63104 SUCCESSFULLY ging A This newsletter is a publication of: Division of Geriatric Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Saint Louis University School of Medicine Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center...

OBJECTIVE the organisation of long-term medicine and geriatric medicine has undergone many changes during the last 15 years. The aim of this study is to gain an overall perspective of the present organisation of geriatric medicine in Sweden. DESIGN questionnaire survey. METHODS The Swedish Society for Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, in collaboration with the Federation of County Council...

To expose the medical student to a meaningful, clinically oriented geriatric medical experience. OBJECTIVES To provide the student with a truly Ahands-on@ rotation in the following setting: outpatient geriatrics where assessment on care planning takes place with the medical student providing important information. The inpatient, nursing home and day care experience will be less emphasized durin...

Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institut...

here are many misconceptions regarding this specialty. Many general physicians do not appreciate the concept of a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and are inclined to believe that geriatric medicine is no different from the practice of general medicine. It is not considered relevant to teach geriatric medicine to the undergraduates in medical schools in many developing countries with low life...