Depression in Geriatric Patients. Clinical Features and Course

1998 ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
G.B. Cassano ◽  
M. Savino
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Features ◽  
Geriatric Patients

scholarly journals The clinical features of foreign body aspiration into the lower airway in geriatric patients

2014 ◽  
pp. 1613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Lianjun ◽  
Xinmin Liu ◽  
Liping Lv ◽  
Yuchuan Wang ◽  
Xiankui Zha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Body ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Foreign Body Aspiration ◽  
Lower Airway

Clinical Features of Eczema and Dermatitis in the Elderly - A Cross Sectional Study in Mainland China (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Wang ◽  
Linfeng Li ◽  
Xiaodong Shi ◽  
Xiaodong Shi ◽  
Jian Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation

BACKGROUND The clinical features of eczema and dermatitis in the elderly have not been fully studied. OBJECTIVE To investigate the proportion and clinical features of geriatric eczema patients in mainland China. METHODS A multicenter cross-sectional study conducted in outpatients with eczema from 39 tertiary hospitals in 15 provinces. RESULTS 1128 elderly patients (12.88%) had eczema and dermatitis. The mean age of those was 68.2 ± 6.8 years (range, 60-90 years) with a median course of 5.5 ± 8.9 years, which is much longer than that of non-geriatric patients (2.6 ± 4.1 years, P<.001). Compared to non-geriatric patients, more patients involved in extremities (76.2% vs 61.5%, P<.001) and trunk (37.2% vs 26.4%, P<.001), but less in head and neck (18.3% vs 30.4%, P<.001; 25.3% vs 20.6%, P<.001). 13.4% of eczema and dermatitis in the elderly was widespread, which is much higher than that of 8% in non-geriatric group (13.4% vs 8%, P<.001). 22.9% of geriatric eczema patients reported severe itching, which is much higher than that of 14% in counterparts (22.9% vs 14%, P<.001). A positive correlation was observed between age and severe itching (Spearman’s rank correlation test, P<.001). More geriatric patients had xerosis (39.6% vs 30.4%, P<.001) and more lichenification was found (25.6% vs 13.3%, P<.001). CONCLUSIONS More than ten percent of eczema occurs in the elderly patients. Longer disease duration, more severe itching, more extremities and trunk involvement, and prone to widespread, xerosis, and lichenification make it a special entity which should be studied further.

Aging and Autism

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Patient Group ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Need For Support ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

In this article, I will review the available recent literature about the aging population with autism, a patient group that researchers know little about and a group that is experiencing a growing need for support from communication disorders professionals. Speech-language pathologists working with geriatric patients should become familiar with this issue, as the numbers of older patients with autism spectrum disorders is likely to increase. Our profession and our health care system must prepare to meet the challenge these patients and residents will present as they age.

Responding to Clinicians' Challenges in Working With Geriatric Patients

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-29
Author(s):  
Lisa Y. Milliken ◽  
Dawn Ralph ◽  
Sally Jones-McNamara
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Clinical Scenario ◽  
Medical Diagnoses ◽  
Communication Deficits ◽  
Resident Care ◽  
Physical Limitations

Clinicians work with older residents who have not only multiple physical limitations, but cognitive loss, communication deficits, dysphagia, and multiple medical diagnoses. They must work within procedural, regulatory, and reimbursement systems that challenge them to provide optimal resident care. In this article, the authors will discuss some specific challenges brought forth by clinicians in response to a clinical scenario and will provide information and feedback from several health-care consultants.

Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis: Clinical features, outcome and response to interferon and ribavirin

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A563-A564
Author(s):  
M ISMAIL ◽  
I DABOUL ◽  
B WATERS ◽  
J FLECKENSTEIN ◽  
S VERA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Features ◽  
Cholestatic Hepatitis
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