Publication details
Specifika komplexního přístupu k nemocnému vyššího věku – multimorbidní senior
| Title in English | Specificity of a comprehensive approach to a patient of older age: a multimorbid elderly |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Medicína pro praxi |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Other medical specializations |
| Keywords | cognitive disorder; microsymptomatology; pharmacotherapy in the elderly; self-sufficiency |
| Description | The approach to an elderly patient with multiple morbidities is specific from the very first contact with the patient with the medical history itself posing challenges one has to be aware of; the symptomatology of diseases in elderly patients also has specific features including oligosymptomatology, microsymptomatology or transfer to another organ. In the elderly, pharmacotherapeutic strategies must be adjusted to the degree of multimorbidity, the functional status of their organ systems as well as the ability of compliance. The outcome of treatment differs as well from that in younger age groups with the goal in the elderly usually not being a complete cure of all the patient’s diseases, but rather minimizing the functional consequences of the ongoing disease, achieving as high as possible degree of self-sufficiency and preserving their ability to stay in their own environment. |