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Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2010
The elderly are especially prone to the adverse health effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is a common disorder in that population. While the prevalence and morbidity of COPD in the elderly are high, it is often undiagnosed and thus undertreated.
Nicola A, Hanania +2 more
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The elderly are especially prone to the adverse health effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is a common disorder in that population. While the prevalence and morbidity of COPD in the elderly are high, it is often undiagnosed and thus undertreated.
Nicola A, Hanania +2 more
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Gerontology, 2009
Asthma is common in old age and carries significant morbidity and mortality. Most deaths due to asthma occur in old people. Often the diagnosis of asthma is overshadowed by other medical problems such as heart failure and emphysema, and thus elderly people may not receive optimal treatment.
C I, Jack, M, Lye
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Asthma is common in old age and carries significant morbidity and mortality. Most deaths due to asthma occur in old people. Often the diagnosis of asthma is overshadowed by other medical problems such as heart failure and emphysema, and thus elderly people may not receive optimal treatment.
C I, Jack, M, Lye
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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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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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Hemodialysis in elderly patients
International Urology and Nephrology, 2000As the general population in North America ages, those with end-stage renal disease age even more rapidly: the fasting growing segment of the dialysis population are those 65 years of age and older [1]. Table 1 shows the point prevalence and rates of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) by age group for the United States on Dec.
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Psychotherapy with Elderly Patients
American Journal of Psychotherapy, 1982The purpose of this article is to present a review of the psychotherapy of the elderly, emphasizing traditional methods as well as some newer techniques. It will first review the literature on the process of psychotherapy in the elderly, then the rationale for such therapy will be discussed, and finally important technical points about such therapy ...
J A, Yesavage, T B, Karasu
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Depression in Elderly Patients
Southern Medical Journal, 1975Depression is a common reaction to the vicissitudes of life among elderly people. Aged persons are physiologically and psychologically less able to adapt, yet they are required to change their life styles because of retirement, lowered financial resources, death of family and friends, and illness. Although many mental health professionals are reluctant
W E, Fann, J C, Wheless
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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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Polyneuropathy in elderly patients
Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova, 2015In this article, the authors consider the characteristics of pathogenesis and clinical picture of peripheral nervous system lesions in elderly patients. Current approaches to pathogenetic and symptomatic treatment of polyneuropathy in elderly patients are analyzed.
L T, Akhmedzhanova, A N, Barinov
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