Eric Wong
@EricWong_MD
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Geriatrician @UnityHealthTO & @SinaiGeriatrics, research trainee (@ihpmeuoft, @KTCanada, @GERAScentre). CSTP @UofT_DoM. Vanier Scholar @CIHR_IRSC
Toronto
Joined April 2015
@EricWong_MD, a geriatrician and researcher at St. Michael’s Hospital, recently joined to the @GeriPalBlog podcast to explain what exactly a comprehensive geriatrics assessment is and to discuss his team’s recent study. #UnityHealthResearch
Today we discuss the #ComprehensiveGeriatricAssessment, what it is, benefits, JAGS study showing it's more cost-effective vs usual care, and who it helps the most. Guests @EricWong_MD & Thiago Avelino-Silva. 👉 Full Ep: https://t.co/sVWCsOIClq 😀 hosts @AlexSmithMD | @EWidera
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Thanks for inviting me to this podcast!!!
Today we discuss the #ComprehensiveGeriatricAssessment, what it is, benefits, JAGS study showing it's more cost-effective vs usual care, and who it helps the most. Guests @EricWong_MD & Thiago Avelino-Silva. 👉 Full Ep: https://t.co/sVWCsOIClq 😀 hosts @AlexSmithMD | @EWidera
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New research from St. Michael’s Geriatrician and PhD student Dr. @EricWong_MD found that geriatric rehab in inpatient and day hospital settings reduced mortality, long-term care home admission and functional impairment in older adults. Learn more:
link.springer.com
BMC Medicine - Geriatric rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary intervention that promotes functional recovery in older adults. Our objective was to assess the efficacy of geriatric rehabilitation...
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. https://t.co/7voy4Pf4ia New study in @BMCMedicine led by KTP grad student Dr @EricWong_MD & co-authored by KTP scientists Drs @atricco, Sharon Straus & Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai + team finds that geriatric rehabilitation in inpatient & day hospital settings is effective in.. 1/2
link.springer.com
BMC Medicine - Geriatric rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary intervention that promotes functional recovery in older adults. Our objective was to assess the efficacy of geriatric rehabilitation...
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🧓#Geriatric #rehabilitation in inpatient/day #hospital setting reduces mortality, longterm carehome admission & functional impairment, according to new #SystematicReview #MetaAnalysis in #BMCMedicine
@EricWong_MD @petermhoang @DrKouri @ATricco et al. https://t.co/QQd9ZuOf7d
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Authorship dream team right there!! Congrats on your book chapter!
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For those who missed these amazing talks at CGS, please consider joining the webinar! Thanks for representing the DRG and for your leadership on this collaborative project, Shannon! 😊
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Cholinesterase inhibitors and adverse events -> Are we properly evaluating risk? Excellent systematic review from @MananAhuja12, @ShaileeS_, @KaitlinLewis_ & @ArianKarimi9 published in @Age_and_Ageing
@JustinLeeMD @EricWong_MD @emma_sood @DeliriumCare
https://t.co/to9WmAoHcJ
academic.oup.com
AbstractBackground. Cholinesterase inhibitors are commonly used to treat patients with neurocognitive disorders, who often have an elevated risk of falling
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Completing rehab and going home after hospitalization is a major milestone for older adults. We spoke with Andrew Perrella of @GERAScentre about his team’s latest research on rehab discharges and why ensuring a successful rehab stay is paramount. https://t.co/XcK3YBfI4G
healthsci.mcmaster.ca
Completing rehabilitation and going home is a major milestone on the path of recovery after hospitalization, especially for older adults. As Canada’s population ages and demand grows for rehab...
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Congrats to Dr. Andrew Perrella & @ArianKarimi9 for a new paper exploring factors associated with unplanned discharges from geriatric #rehabilitation! @ChristinaReppas @JustinLeeMD @GERAScentre News release from @machealthsci: https://t.co/pTkWKDQNPA
https://t.co/sZQaiDZjRR
healthsci.mcmaster.ca
Completing rehabilitation and going home is a major milestone on the path of recovery after hospitalization, especially for older adults. As Canada’s population ages and demand grows for rehab...
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A worthwhile read on the topic of new amyloid drugs for Alzheimer's disease by my colleague @JennAnnWatt in this week's @CMAJ
cmaj.ca
KEY POINTS At least 250 000 people in Canada live with mild dementia, and 1.3 million live with mild cognitive impairment.[1][1]–[3][2] Alzheimer disease is implicated in 60%–70% of cases of dementia...
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Our paper led by @AVeroniki is out We explored how much the industry-sponsored NMAs recommended their own interventions & assessed the reporting in according to their funding Collab @EricWong_MD @ATricco @carole_lunny @EgoSumJuan & SharonStraus @kt_program
https://t.co/Jkcpxnma5g
link.springer.com
Systematic Reviews - Evidence has shown that private industry-sponsored randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses are more likely to report intervention-favourable results compared with...
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Thanks to fantastic trainees like yourself Shannon!! @GERAScentre
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Congratulations to the CGS AGM 2023 poster award winners, Dr. Guilherme Moraes Babim, Khushbu J Patel, and Dr. Yu Quing (Jenny) Huang!
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Congratulations to the CGS AGM 2023 Thompson Award winner, Geemitha Ratnayake Mudiyanselage, for “Nudging Interventions to Promote Vaccination: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”! @CanGeriSoc
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Congrats @ChristinaReppas !!!
Congratulations to the CGS AGM 2023 Cowdry Award winner, Dr. Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher, for “Changes in Delirium Rates and Antipsychotic Use Among Hospitalized Older Adults in Ontario After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic”! @CanGeriSoc
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Significantly increased prescription of antipsychotic and benzodiazepine medication after onset of COVID-19. Large database study by @ChristinaReppas at #CGS2023 @CanGeriSoc
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Dr. @EricWong_MD answers #OneBurningQuestion - do conditions like COVID-19 infections show up in unique ways in older adults? Read more: https://t.co/ycegdvTZp5
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Between March 2020 and April 2021, 927 adults aged 65 years and older were admitted to hospital with SARS-CoV-2. The prevalence of delirium was 54.1%, and the incidence was 33.3%. Details: https://t.co/2j0FQvNmx7
@EricWong_MD @JennAnnWatt @DrBarbaraLiu @kt_program @katpigs
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It was a wonderful team effort! Thanks for sharing! @kt_program @DrBarbaraLiu @JennAnnWatt @katpigs @SinaiGeriatrics @Baycrest
#Delirum in seniors in wave #1 of the pandemic in acute care, #rehabilitation & LTC. Geat to see Providence and @DrAshleyV as one of the many contributors to this multicentre paper by @EricWong_MD et al. #COVID19 #covidrehab #delirium #geriatrics
https://t.co/rZRxzeQpnQ
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