White Paper-Geriatric Emergency Medicine Education: Current State, Challenges, and Recommendations to Enhance the Emergency Care of Older Adults.

Older adults account for 25% of all emergency department (ED) patient encounters. One in five Americans will be 65 or older by 2030. In response to this need, geriatric emergency medicine (GEM) has developed into a robust area of academic and clinical interest, with extensive evidence-based research and guidelines, including clear undergraduate and postgraduate GEM competencies.

Patients' preferred terms for describing their excess weight: discussing obesity in clinical practice.

The increasing prevalence of obesity has become one of the most challenging problems facing healthcare providers. Despite recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force, many health professionals fail to discuss obesity with their patients. This study sought to identify terms that obese individuals who were treated in primary care would find the most and least acceptable for describing their excess weight.

An open-label trial of OROS methylphenidate in adults with late-onset ADHD.

Introduction: Many adults with current impairing symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not report an age at onset before 7 years of age and cannot, therefore, be assigned the full Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), diagnosis of ADHD. We hypothesized that treatment with oral release osmotic system (OROS) methylphenidate (MPH) will be safe and efficacious for the treatment of adults with late-onset ADHD.

Method: This was a 6-week, open-label, prospective treatment study of OROS MPH monotherapy in 36 adult patients with late-onset ADHD (onset later than the required 7 years of age) using standardized instruments for diagnosis and a robust oral daily dose of up to 1.

Cryopreservation of human fat for soft tissue augmentation: viability requires use of cryoprotectant and controlled freezing and storage.

Background: Autologous fat transfer for soft tissue augmentation has been increasing in recent years. Graft longevity may vary greatly from patient to patient, requiring repeat procedures, often using frozen adipose tissue. Storage usually involves placing syringes of fat directly into a -20 degrees C freezer.