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Aging Health, 2004
Persons over the age of 65 years are the fastest growing segment of the US population. In the next 30 years it will comprise over 20% of the population. More than 50% of all cancers occur in this age group and therefore, the total cancer burden is expected to rise.
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Persons over the age of 65 years are the fastest growing segment of the US population. In the next 30 years it will comprise over 20% of the population. More than 50% of all cancers occur in this age group and therefore, the total cancer burden is expected to rise.
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Pharmacokinetics in the elderly
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, 2003The elderly are an expanding population of patients presenting for anaesthesia. The pharmacokinetics of anaesthetic agents in the elderly deserves special attention because the normal ageing process and the effect of age-related diseases affect organ systems in a heterogeneous way with unpredictable consequences.
Mihai R, Sadean, Peter S A, Glass
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Antidepressants and the Elderly
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1986The pharmacologic treatment of depression in the elderly is often complicated by cardiovascular disease and other medical illnesses. Both the tricyclic antidepressants and the monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors have adverse effects that are potentially dangerous in this age group.
Peabody, CA +2 more
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2008
This chapter stresses the unique aspects of infection in the elderly, who are defined as those older than 65 years of age, and discusses infections that occur in long-term care institutions. It explains how infections in the aged are an important area of concern for medicine.
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This chapter stresses the unique aspects of infection in the elderly, who are defined as those older than 65 years of age, and discusses infections that occur in long-term care institutions. It explains how infections in the aged are an important area of concern for medicine.
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Blood Purification, 2008
More and more elderly (>65 years) patients are now reaching end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to better management of co-morbid diseases. There are complex medical issues that need to be addressed when managing ESRD in this patient group. The option of dialysis in the elderly is a viable one.
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More and more elderly (>65 years) patients are now reaching end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to better management of co-morbid diseases. There are complex medical issues that need to be addressed when managing ESRD in this patient group. The option of dialysis in the elderly is a viable one.
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Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2014
Dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, is a common problem in the elderly. Based on the initial clinical history and physical examination, the dysphagia is assessed as either primarily oropharyngeal or esophageal in origin. Most oropharyngeal dysphagia is of neurologic origin, and management is coordinated with a clinical swallow specialist in ...
Abraham, Khan +2 more
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Dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, is a common problem in the elderly. Based on the initial clinical history and physical examination, the dysphagia is assessed as either primarily oropharyngeal or esophageal in origin. Most oropharyngeal dysphagia is of neurologic origin, and management is coordinated with a clinical swallow specialist in ...
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Hyperthyroidism in the Elderly
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1979ABSTRACT: In 65 elderly hyperthyroid patients (age range 50–78 years), sex differences, signs and symptoms and thyroid function were studied and the data were compared with those on 48 young hyperthyroid patients (age range 20–29 years).
T, Kawabe +4 more
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Clinics in Chest Medicine, 1999
Pneumonia, including community-acquired, LTCF-acquired, and nosocomial infections, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among the elderly. The aged with pneumonia often present with atypical features, including confusion, lethargy, and general deterioration of condition (silent infection).
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Pneumonia, including community-acquired, LTCF-acquired, and nosocomial infections, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among the elderly. The aged with pneumonia often present with atypical features, including confusion, lethargy, and general deterioration of condition (silent infection).
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Annals of Internal Medicine, 1977
Excerpt On occasional Saturdays in my youth I bicycled over several miles of a dusty Iowa road to the smelly county poor farm to deliver a pail of soup and a loaf of my mother's freshly baked bread...
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Excerpt On occasional Saturdays in my youth I bicycled over several miles of a dusty Iowa road to the smelly county poor farm to deliver a pail of soup and a loaf of my mother's freshly baked bread...
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Hospital Practice, 1982
Infections in the elderly are eminently treatable, yet they account for untoward morbidity and mortality. Underlying this medical paradox is the frequent failure to recognize the presence of infection in this highly vulnerable population.
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Infections in the elderly are eminently treatable, yet they account for untoward morbidity and mortality. Underlying this medical paradox is the frequent failure to recognize the presence of infection in this highly vulnerable population.
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