Publications by authors named "Labib Hussain"
Objectives: Increasingly, older populations in the United Kingdom and other well-resourced settings are ethnically diverse. Despite a concern that the prevalence of dementia is expected to rise, very little is known about the association of ethnicity and dementia among aging older adults. The current study aimed to compare ethnic group differences in symptom profile, functioning and pharmacotherapy at dementia diagnosis.
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- This study focused on understanding how serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels relate to the integrity of surgical connections (anastomoses) in the early days after surgery.
- Researchers included patients who underwent specific types of surgery and analyzed CRP levels at various post-operative days to determine effective cut-off values for detecting complications.
- Findings showed that certain CRP ratios were significantly helpful in identifying anastomotic leaks, suggesting that using CRP alongside imaging techniques could improve patient monitoring after surgery.
Measuring lying and standing blood pressure (BP) is an important clinical observation in older hospital inpatients. This is because a drop in BP on standing, known as orthostatic hypotension (OH) is common in older people and in acute illness and, therefore, in hospital patients. OH increases the risk of a fall in hospital.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe General Medical Council (GMC) provides a core curriculum for all medical degrees in the UK. However, these guidelines do not provide in-depth, specific learning outcomes for the various medical specialties. Recognising our ageing population, the British Geriatrics Society in 2013 published their own supplementary guidelines to encourage and further direct teaching on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine in medical school curricula.
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