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Trauma in the Geriatric Patient

Archives of Surgery, 1992
Elderly individuals are living longer, healthier, and more active lives, and, in the process, they are continually exposed to the risk of injury. Trauma is now the fifth most common cause of death in people over the age of 65 years, and the elderly suffer disproportionately high injury-related mortality rates compared with younger adults.
C W, Schwab, D R, Kauder
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Anesthesia for Geriatric Patients

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 2005
Choosing the best anesthetic agents for each geriatric animal does not in itself ensure a successful outcome. Aggressive, careful, vigilant monitoring during the anesthetic and recovery periods is required to detect and correct alterations in homeostasis that may develop during the perianesthetic period.
Rachael E, Carpenter, Glenn R, Pettifer, William J, Tranquilli   +2 more
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Tuberculosis in the Geriatric Patient

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1983
Active tuberculosis is highly prevalent in the geriatric population. The clinical syndromes and diagnostic indications of the different forms of tuberculosis are described. Reactivation pulmonary tuberculosis and miliary tuberculosis in the elderly are particularly difficult to diagnose.
P H, Nagami, T T, Yoshikawa
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ASSESSMENT OF THE GERIATRIC PATIENT

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, 1993
In its final report, the 1981 White House Conference on Aging recommended that "Comprehensive foot care be provided for the elderly in a manner equal to care provided for other parts of the human body, to permit patients to remain ambulatory:Remove current Medicare exclusions which preclude comprehensive foot care." The ability to ambulate requires ...
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OPHTHALMODYNAMOGRAPHY IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1970
A bstract : Interest in the extracerebral circulation, particularly in the elderly, has led to new methods of estimating blood pressure in the carotid arteries.
D B, Rao, C C, Cory
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Rehabilitation and the Geriatric Patient

Nursing Clinics of North America, 1989
The true challenge in the care of the elderly is to keep people at home, in the community, with a high degree of functional ability. This is beneficial to the individual and, from a financial point of view, to the community and public. Maintenance and restoration of function are best accomplished within a framework that considers the psychosocial and ...
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Pessaries in the Geriatric Patient

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1992
Pessaries have been used for centuries in the management of uterine prolapse. Although surgical repair has been popularized by surgeons and gynecologists for younger women with pelvic relaxation, pessaries remain a useful palliative strategy for patients who refuse surgery or represent higher operative risks.
M P, Zeitlin, T B, Lebherz
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