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Questions discussed in this category

What are the best practices for optimizing transitions from hospital to skilled nursing facilities for older adult patients, with specific regard to adapting hospital medication regimens to the skilled nursing facility setting?

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What is your approach to deprescribing gabapentinoids so as to prevent withdrawal effects?

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How do you decide when to initiate medical workup (e.g., thyroid, B12, infection) in a geriatric patient experiencing new onset or worsening low mood?

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Papers discussed in this category

Archives of general psychiatry, 2008 Dec

Incidence and recurrence of late-life depression.

Current nutrition reports, 2022 Sep 13

Is Vitamin D Important in Anxiety or Depression? What Is the Truth?

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2018 Aug 23

Impact of medication reconciliation for improving transitions of care.

Journal of pain and symptom management, 2018-03

"They Need to Have an Understanding of Why They're Coming Here and What the Outcomes Might Be." Clinician Perspectives on Goals of Care for Patients Discharged From Hospitals to Skilled Nursing Facilities.

Journal of general internal medicine, 2023 Oct 02

Hospitalists Improving Transitions of Care Through Virtual Collaborative Rounding with Skilled Nursing Facilities-the HiToC SNF Study.

Annals of internal medicine, 2025 Sep 30

Trends in Dispensed Gabapentin Prescriptions in the United States, 2010 to 2024.

British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2023 Jun 13

Deprescribing interventions for gabapentinoids in adults: A scoping review.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2013 Sep

Gabapentin withdrawal: case report in an older adult and review of the literature.

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