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The American Journal of Surgery, 1992
During a 16-year period, 547 patients who were older than 64 years of age with a mean total body surface area (TBSA) (third-degree burns) of 25% were treated. Etiologies were flame/flash in 81% of patients, scald in 11%, solids in 7%, and electrical/chemical in 1%. Seventeen percent of patients had significant causal factors.
J L, Hunt, G F, Purdue
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During a 16-year period, 547 patients who were older than 64 years of age with a mean total body surface area (TBSA) (third-degree burns) of 25% were treated. Etiologies were flame/flash in 81% of patients, scald in 11%, solids in 7%, and electrical/chemical in 1%. Seventeen percent of patients had significant causal factors.
J L, Hunt, G F, Purdue
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Cholecystectomy in elderly patients
The American Journal of Surgery, 1983Cholecystectomy was performed in 93 patients over the age of 70 years with an overall mortality of 7.5 percent. Complications occurred in 28 percent. Patients who underwent elective operations fared far better than those who required emergency surgery.
D F, Huber, E W, Martin, M, Cooperman
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Dysphagia in an elderly patient
European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2019[No abstract available]
Tan, Sien Hui +2 more
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The Elderly Patient with Asthma
Journal of Asthma, 1989Treatment of the elderly patient who has asthma requires a special orientation on the part of the physician. He must be distinctly aware that asthma in the elderly is no different than asthma in any other age group. There does not appear to be any validity to the observation of different etiologies or different modes of therapy that are applicable to ...
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Delirium in the Elderly Patient
New England Journal of Medicine, 1989TRANSIENT global disorders of cognition and attention, usually referred to as delirium or acute confusional states, are one of the most common and important forms of psychopathology in later life.1 2 3 4 5 6 Hodkinson has stated, "Acute mental confusion as a presenting symptom holds a central position in the medicine of old age.
Jane F. Desforges, Zbigniew J. Lipowski
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Journal of Infusion Nursing, 2003
As the baby-boom generation turn age 65, it is important that nurses are informed about the unique problems of the elderly patient, particularly because the elderly represent the highest percentage of clients in hospitals, homecare, and long-term and subacute nursing facilities. Infusion nurses, particularly those in homecare, are in a pivotal position
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As the baby-boom generation turn age 65, it is important that nurses are informed about the unique problems of the elderly patient, particularly because the elderly represent the highest percentage of clients in hospitals, homecare, and long-term and subacute nursing facilities. Infusion nurses, particularly those in homecare, are in a pivotal position
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The analysis of an elderly patient*
2018The analysis of a man who was 58 at its beginning is described. Special attention is paid to a seminal fantasy which occurred in the second year. The analysis finished after nine years, and some follow-up assessment is included.
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Rosuvastatin in Elderly Patients
Drugs & Aging, 2007A progressive accumulation of atherosclerotic lesions beginning early in life puts elderly persons at a greater absolute risk of cardiovascular disease and coronary events than other segments of the population. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) therapy has been shown to be both efficacious and well tolerated in most elderly patients.
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