2026 Guideline for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association https://t.co/ztmfxD3mBZ
Among adults ≥65 years of age, with and without CKD, statin therapy was not associated with improved or worsened kidney function. #geriatrics https://t.co/9mbUohlQ6G
Chronicling the visual hallucinations described by patients on intensive care units. A powerful and innovative way to increase understanding and awareness of #patentexperience#BGSConf
Patients with acute spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage with a systolic BP of 150-220 mmHg should be considered for urgent treatment within 6 hours of symptom onset, aiming to achieve a systolic BP of 130-139 mmHg within one hour and sustained for at least 7 days. #BGSconf
🥳🥳🥳 One rule to keep, lots of rules to break! Looking out for older people now, and my future self, and yours. ❤️🐘❤️🐘❤️My goodness I hope you will like it and tell me it helps 🙂🤞🙂 🥂🥳https://t.co/Tn5ZNeK0gs
Don't forget to reserve your place at our National new consultants conference.
With talks ranging from leadership and excellence through to the earlier stages of starting out, aimed at the final stages of training.
View the programme: https://t.co/utkOthXXPL
"Older people with #frailty are more likely to need the help of health and social care services. In emergency departments, those over the age of 80 have seen their average wait times double.”
BGS President @adamgordon1978 quoted in @guardian today. https://t.co/MWnhIAnPOH
We are delighted to announce that consultant geriatrician, Dr Stephen Lim, will be speaking at the Med+ geriatrics session.
@StephenERLim and the panel will explore the prevention and management of hospital acquired deconditioning, and more.
Book now: https://t.co/XPRAoWoK0m
I’m honoured and excited for this one. All about the patient. Practical tips for clean effective meds lists - pills that are worth taking and why some just aren’t 💊❤️🐘❤️💊with @TonyAvery1 and @RCPhysicians
📢 New BGS statement.
We've published a statement responding to the paper by Street et al in the BMJ about the impact of the Acute Frailty Network. We explain why we think this paper means we need to focus on older people's care more than ever. 👇
https://t.co/zFlU1Fuy8a
Early initiation of the sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (#SGLT2) inhibitor dapagliflozin did not result in a statistically significant improvement in diuretic efficiency relative to structured usual care in hospitalised patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF).
#ESCCongress DICTATE-AHF trial - Early dapagliflozin initiation in acute heart failure.
Given how heavily Frailty has been pushed by NHSE, a critically important study.
Best practice Frailty services NOT demonstrated to improve outcomes at national level.
🏥 It's important to assess for both #frailty & #delirium at the front door.
📕 Study: Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) & 4AT have complementary value in predicting hospital admission in older #ED patients
🔗 https://t.co/XTWIgJyQjN
#CFS#4AT
Ageism as a barrier to eliciting what matters: A call for multigenerational action to confront the invisible “-ism”. #geriatrics https://t.co/8r7MQ9c2uM
Cardiologists focus on hearts, gastroenterologists on guts respiratory physicians on lungs. Geriatricians focus on…let me just check… the whole older person #TheCluesInTheName#BGSconf ❤️👏
It was a great honour and privilege to share a platform with distinguished experts at the Integrated Care Summit North. What an amazing display of knowledge, skills and leadership.
Showcasing innovation in service provision, education and digital technology for ICS. Fantastic!