Question: A 60-year-old man sought care for diarrhea with mucus, fever, dehydration, and weight loss after eating raw fish. He presented sepsis colonic distension on a computed tomography scan. Laboratory results were as follows: creatinine 1.2 mg/dL, magnesium potassium 3.1 albumin 1.4 sodium 131 bicarbonate 15.9 nmol/L. After 10 days of cefepime, his resolved. persisted watery diarrhea, howev...

a 73-year-old female patient developed a generalized tonic-clonic seizure on the 6th day after treatment with moxifloxacin 400 mg daily intravenously for appendicitis. this patient had atrial fibrillation and history of a surgery for intracerebral hemorrhage, with impaired renal function and liver function, but without history of seizures. moxifloxacin was discontinued and switched to cefuroxim...

Longevity is the greatest risk factor for developing cancer. However, despite the increasing focus placed on cancer in the elderly, a prominent discrepancy relating to the age of the patient persists, with elderly people often receiving less than optimal treatment and care. There is no doubt that ageism has a profound impact on health care received by elderly people. Incorporating ethical princ...