Publications by authors named "Abiah Pritchard"
Article Synopsis
- Atrial fibrillation (AF) significantly increases illness and death rates in older adults who are frail, and this group shows a high prevalence of frailty.
- It is crucial for healthcare providers to understand and address the specific needs of frail older adults dealing with AF.
- This review highlights recent research and landmark studies in relation to the 2023 US guidelines for assessing and managing AF in older frail adults.
Objective: A surgical temporal artery biopsy (TAB) is the gold standard for diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). The necessity of performing a bilateral biopsy remains under debate. The primary objective of this study was to assess the rate of discordance between pathology results in patients who underwent bilateral TAB for suspected GCA.
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