Efficacy of Fluocinonide\Bifonazole Cream for the Treatment of Trachyonychia: A Retrospective Case Series.

Background: Trachyonychia is a benign nail condition, most commonly seen in children. Trachyonychia manifests as excessive longitudinal ridging, nail roughness, and nail brittleness. Treatment is sought mainly for esthetic reasons as well as functional reasons.

Effects of rich cannabidiol oil on behavioral disturbances in patients with dementia: A placebo controlled randomized clinical trial.

Background: Almost 90% of patients with dementia suffer from some type of neurobehavioral symptom, and there are no approved medications to address these symptoms.

Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the medical cannabis oil "Avidekel" for the reduction of behavioral disturbances among patients with dementia.

Materials And Methods: In this randomized, double-blind, single-cite, placebo-controlled trial conducted in Israel (ClinicalTrials.

Feline cognitive dysfunction as a model for Alzheimer's disease in the research of CBD as a potential treatment-a narrative review.

With the improvement in modern medicine, the world's human and feline (Felis catus, the domestic cat) population is aging. As the population grows older, there is an increase of age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease in humans and feline cognitive dysfunction in felines, which shares many similarities with Alzheimer's disease. They both result in cognitive decline and lack effective treatments.

Bacterial Resistance to Cephalosporin Treatment in Elderly Stable Patients Hospitalized With a Urinary Tract Infection.

Background: It is unclear if parenteral cephalosporin treatment is appropriate in stable elderly patients hospitalized with a urinary tract infection (UTI) in settings with a high prevalence of bacterial resistant organisms.

Methods: We selected 934 consecutive stable patients aged ≥65 years with a UTI, 94.4% (n = 882) treated with a parenteral cephalosporin.

[ORTHOSTATIC AND POSTPRANDIAL HYPOTENSION IN THE ELDERLY IN THE GERIATRIC WING].

Introduction: We describe the incidence of orthostatic hypotension (OH) and postprandial hypotension (PPH) in a population of elderly people.

Methods: Blood pressure was measured with the subjects lying in bed and after postural change to sitting. Blood pressure was also measured before and after breakfast.

Exceptionally Long-Lived Individuals (ELLI) Demonstrate Slower Aging Rate Calculated by DNA Methylation Clocks as Possible Modulators for Healthy Longevity.

Exceptionally long-lived individuals (ELLI) who are the focus of many healthy longevity studies around the globe are now being studied in Israel. The Israeli Multi-Ethnic Centenarian Study (IMECS) cohort is utilized here for assessment of various DNA methylation clocks. Thorough phenotypic characterization and whole blood samples were obtained from ELLI, offspring of ELLI, and controls aged 53-87 with no familial exceptional longevity.

Continuous terbinafine and pulse itraconazole for the treatment of non-dermatophyte mold toenail onychomycosis.

Introduction: Although dermatophytes are considered the predominant causative organisms in onychomycosis, non-dermatophyte mold (NDM) infections may be more prevalent than originally thought and may be more difficult to treat. There are limited data of oral antifungal efficacy in treating NDM onychomycosis.

Method: A retrospective chart review (2009-2016) was conducted in patients receiving continuous oral terbinafine or pulse itraconazole for toenail onychomycosis due to NDMs.

[ELDERLY HOSPITALIZED FEBRILE PATIENTS WITH A SUSPECTED URINARY TRACT INFECTION: DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACH].

Since the urinary tract is thought to be one of the common sources of fever in hospitalized geriatric patients, urine analysis and urine cultures are routinely ordered in patients with and without urinary tract symptoms. The widespread lack of understanding of the uncertainties in the diagnosis and treatment of a symptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI) leads to unnecessary laboratory testing, and inappropriate antibiotic therapy. We present evidence for the following proposal that on the one hand will limit urine cultures and unnecessary antibiotic therapy without compromising patient safety and on the other hand will ensure proper antibiotic therapy.

Gastrostomy Tube Placement by Radiological Methods for Older Patients Requiring Enteral Nutrition: Not to be Forgotten.

The use of gastrostomy tubes for long-term nutritional support in older patients is frequent. Percutaneous gastrostomy tube placement may be performed using various techniques, including endoscopic, surgical, and radiologically-guided methods. While percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement is the most widely used and accepted approach, experience with the use of percutaneous radiological gastrostomy (PRG) is more limited.

No need for a urine culture in elderly hospitalized patients with a negative dipstick test result.

To determine the clinical utility/disutility of canceling urine cultures in elderly patients with a negative dipstick. The cohort included consecutive patients aged ≥ 65 years hospitalized in internal medicine departments with an admission urinalysis and urine culture (January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016). We calculated the sensitivity of the dipstick (either a trace leukocyte esterase or a positive nitrite test result) to detect patients with bacteriuria, and the decrease in urine cultures resulting from cancelation in patients with a negative dipstick.

Sensitivity of the dipstick in detecting bacteremic urinary tract infections in elderly hospitalized patients.

Background: The sensitivity of the dipstick in elderly patients with a suspected urinary tract infection (UTI) is unclear because of the inclusion of patients with urine contamination or asymptomatic bacteriuria in previous studies.

Methods: We selected consecutive patients aged 65 years or older hospitalized in internal medicine departments with bacteremic UTI (same organism in blood and urine cultures) minimizing misclassifications. The false positive rate was determined in consecutive patients with negative culture results.

The impact of geriatric consultation on the care of the elders in community clinics.

The aim of this retrospective study was to describe and evaluate the impact of a new model used in caring for the elders in the community, based on geriatrician consultation, initiated by their general physician (GP) and conducted by both in five urban primary care clinics. Five hundred and forty-two elderly patients were referred to a geriatric consultant during a 41-month period. The patients' demographic, functional, cognitive medical status, reasons for referral and recommendations were recorded.

Factors affecting short-term rehabilitation outcomes of disabled elderly patients with proximal hip fracture.

Objective: To identify factors associated with postacute rehabilitation outcome of disabled elderly patients with proximal hip fracture.

Setting: Geriatric rehabilitation center.

Participants: One hundred thirty-three older patients.

Intraorbital and periorbital tumors in children--value of ultrasound and color Doppler imaging in the differential diagnosis.

Purpose: To evaluate the role of ultrasonography (US) and color Doppler imaging (CDI) in the diagnosis of orbital tumors in children.

Design: Retrospective nonrandomized interventional case series.

Methods: This study included 42 children with intraorbital and periorbital tumors who were evaluated in our clinic.