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Comorbidity in elderly patients
Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova, 2016The term comorbidity, a concurrent damage to two or more organs or systems, is widely discussed in the literature. In elderly patients, any somatic illness is comorbid to cerebrovascular diseases that hampers early diagnosis and treatment of the latter.
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Restraining the Elderly Patient
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1986The use of chemical and mechanical restraints to control the behavior of cognitively impaired elderly patients is controversial. The issue frequently arises in nonpsychiatric as well as psychiatric hospital and chronic care settings. The lack of specific judicial and legislative mandates has left the decision to use restraints in the hands of hospital ...
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Focus, 2004
Delirium is a mental disorder characterized by disturbances in consciousness, orientation, memory, thought, perception, and behavior, of acute onset and fluctuating course. It occurs in hyperactive, hypoactive, or mixed forms, in up to 50% of elderly hospital inpatients, many with pre-existing dementia, and appears to be independently associated with ...
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Delirium is a mental disorder characterized by disturbances in consciousness, orientation, memory, thought, perception, and behavior, of acute onset and fluctuating course. It occurs in hyperactive, hypoactive, or mixed forms, in up to 50% of elderly hospital inpatients, many with pre-existing dementia, and appears to be independently associated with ...
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Hypothyroidism in elderly patients
AORN Journal, 1999Hypothyroidism is an endocrine condition found in elderly patients that is often confused with normal changes associated with aging. Consequently, the disorder may be quite advanced before it is diagnosed and treated. Depressed T4 and elevated TSH levels confirm primary hypothyroidism.
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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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Navigating financial toxicity in patients with cancer: A multidisciplinary management approach
Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022Grace Li Smith +2 more
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