Publication details
Specifika diagnostiky a léčby ve stáří
| Title in English | Specifics of diagnostics and treatment in old age |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Kardiologická revue - Interní medicína |
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| Keywords | Cognitive impairment; Frailty; Geriatric syndromes; Immobilization; Incontinency; Instability |
| Description | This review article provides basic information on age categories of seniors and their characteristics, specificities of disease symptomatology, diagnostics and treatment. Attention is paid to geriatric syndromes-cognitive decline, instability and falls, immobilization, incontinency and skin integrity disorders as the main reasons of a loss of auto-sufficiency and necessity to leave their usual environment and move to an institution providing long-term care. The final part contains a section characterising the frailty syndrome. |