Chronic Diseases in Geriatric Patients

Volume in the series

Recent Advances in Geriatric Medicine

Publisher:Bentham Science

By: Tuck Yean Yong

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|Apr 2016

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The incidence of multiple chronic diseases affecting a single individual is common among elderly patients. This incidence is believed to be associated with a decline in many health outcomes including quality of life mobility functional ability increased frequency of hospitalizations psychological distress mortality and the use of health care resources. Health in elderly patients can fluctuate significantly thus prompting the need for proper integration of comprehensive geriatric care. An increasing amount of data gained from research programs is making it clear that a geriatric assessment identifies many problems in older people with chronic diseases adds prognostic information and might improve the outcomes of these patients. This volume reviews research on the value of geriatric programs in different subspecialties of internal medicine. Chapters of this book cover different chronic diseases (coronary artery disease kidney disease diabetes osteoporosis etc.) separately and present new findings in these areas. Readers - both medical students and researchers - will find the book an essential for understanding requirements and nuances of specialized geriatric programs in the healthcare sector.

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PDF ISBN: 978-1-68108-245-5

Publisher: Bentham Science

Publication date: 2016

Language: English

Pages: 220

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Clinical medicine,

Internal medicine,

Internal medicine, other