[Geriatric medicine : Update 2019].

Up-dated recommendations published in 2019 about inappropriate medications in older persons and management for type 2 diabetes mellitus are discussed. New evidence has also been published regarding the benefits of physical activity in secondary prevention for falls as well as in the prevention of cognitive decline and dementia, independent of genetic and vascular risk profile. SPRINT MIND study reports a significant 19 % decreased risk of minor neurocognitive impairment with intensive BP treatment. A meta-analysis about prevention of delirium with antipsychotics report benefits only in cardiac and orthopedic post-operative settings, whereas another meta-analysis about delirium treatment did not find any benefits from antipsychotics.