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Sex, race and ethnicity: providing quality care for elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure
Aging Health, 03/24/09

Ghali JK - Heart failure continues to be a major and growing public health problem. Guidelines for heart failure management have been primarily based on clinical trials, in which the elderly, women and minority groups were under-represented. There are major differences between patients enrolled in clinical trials and patients with heart failure at large in the community. Clinicians are faced with the challenge of deciding the best treatment for heart failure patients, in whom clinical guidelines may not fully apply. Much wider representation of minority groups, women and the elderly as well as efforts to include community heart failure patients in future clinical trials will close the gap in our knowledge, with regard to the effects of various management strategies in these patients, and will hopefully contribute to better outcome.

Acute medical management of the non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) in older patients
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 10/14/09 Relevance Score: 70%

Response of elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis to methotrexate or TNF inhibitors compared with younger patients
Rheumatology, 10/08/09 Relevance Score: 70%

Age-specific differences in oncogenic pathway dysregulation and anthracycline sensitivity in patients with acute myeloid leukemia
Journal of Clinical Oncology, 11/03/09 Relevance Score: 69%

Elderly Diabetic Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis
Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis, 10/27/09 Relevance Score: 69%

The Elderly Patient and Cardiac Surgery - A Mini-Review
Gerontology, 10/13/09 Relevance Score: 69%