title: Clinical update on nursing home medicine: 2009.
abstract: This represents the third clinical update based on presentations at the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) annual meeting. Topics covered this year include hypertension, heart failure, cachexia, dehydration, falls, depression, constipation, and aspiration pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic, Section of Geriatric Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Messinger-Rapport
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Julie K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Gammack
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Morley
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002100:Cachexia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015510:Clinical Medicine; D003248:Constipation / Q000175:diagnosis; D003681:Dehydration / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000503:physiopathology; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D020521:Stroke / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents