Clinical yield of computed tomography brain scans in older general medical patients

LA Hirano, ST Bogardus Jr, S Saluja… - Journal of the …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the clinical yield of computed tomography (CT) brain scans in a
prospective cohort of older patients admitted to the general medicine service. DESIGN: …

Suboptimal osteoporosis evaluation and treatment in older men with and without additional high-risk factors for fractures

RR Narla, LA Hirano, SHY Lo… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
We compared osteoporosis case-finding, evaluation and treatment in groups of Older Men
and Older Women with age alone as a significant risk for fracture and Older Men with Higher …

Primary Palliative Care Education for Geriatricians: Lessons Learned

LA Hirano, G Kang - Current Geriatrics Reports, 2023 - Springer
As the population ages and the number of patients with multimorbidity increases, geriatricians
will benefit from having strong primary palliative care skills. Purpose of review To identify …

[HTML][HTML] Creating a palliative care inpatient response plan for COVID-19—The UW medicine experience

J Fausto, L Hirano, D Lam, A Mehta, B Mills… - Journal of pain and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Context The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is stressing health care systems
throughout the world. Significant numbers of patients are being admitted to the hospital …

Dutasteride reduces prostate size and prostate specific antigen in older hypogonadal men with benign prostatic hyperplasia undergoing testosterone replacement …

ST Page, L Hirano, J Gilchriest, M Dighe, JK Amory… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Benign prostatic hyperplasia and hypogonadism are common disorders in aging
men. There is concern that androgen replacement in older men may increase prostate size …

[PDF][PDF] SUBMITTED FOR JPSM COVID-19 RAPID PUBLICATION

MD Lianne Hirano, D Lam, MHA Blair Mills - paliativosmadrid.org
Significant numbers of patients are being admitted to the hospital with severe illness, often
in the setting of advanced age and underlying co-morbidities. Therefore, palliative care is an …

Grief and Bereavement: Updated Theories and New Tools for Providers (FR413)

L Hirano, C Kummet, K Schlenker - Journal of Pain and Symptom …, 2015 - jpsmjournal.com
Objectives Describe the process for organ donation following cardiac death. Identify best
practices for brain-death discussions and distinguish brain death from coma and persistent …

Marijuana use in older adults: Employing a risk reduction strategy

…, S Tu, C Crawford, L Hirano - Annals of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
… Marcum, Sarah Tu, Carol Crawford, Lianne Hirano, 2019 … , Carol Crawford, PharmD,
and Lianne Hirano, MD… Lianne Hirano, MD …

Hannah's Questions: A Teenager Confronts Her Death with Candor, Faith, and Marching Orders (FR414)

L Palmer, J Belasco, S Funck - Journal of Pain and Symptom …, 2015 - jpsmjournal.com
Objectives Describe the process for organ donation following cardiac death. Identify best
practices for brain-death discussions and distinguish brain death from coma and persistent …

Decreased serotonergic receptor binding in rhombic lip-derived regions of the medulla oblongata in the sudden infant death syndrome

A Panigrahy, J Filiano, LA Sleeper… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
The sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is postulated to result from a failure of homeostatic
responses to life-threatening challenges (eg asphyxia, hypercapnia) during sleep. The …