Enfermidades do Paciente Idoso
Autor: | Ana Kelly Garcia Gallo, Eulália Maria Martins da Silva, Valentim Adelino Ricardo Barão, Daniela Micheline dos Santos, Amilcar Chagas Freitas-Junior |
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Rok vydání: | 2007 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Osteoporosis Urinary incontinence Disease medicine.disease Obesity Rheumatoid arthritis Diabetes mellitus Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Elderly people medicine.symptom business Intensive care medicine General Dentistry Depression (differential diagnoses) |
Zdroj: | Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada. 7:83-88 |
ISSN: | 1983-4632 1519-0501 |
Popis: | Introduction: With the populational aging, a number of chronic and degenerative illnesses, common in the old age, will present more and more frequently. Purpose: To perform a literature review that addresses the most commonly manifested illnesses in third-age patients (ranging from chronic illnesses up to degenerative chronic illnesses). For such purpose, a description will be made regarding the concept and signs and symptoms of the most frequently observed illnesses in elderly patients, namely depression, stress, loss of memory, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, temporomandibular disorders, hypertension, vascular diseases, cardiac diseases, obesity, diabetes mellitus, urinary incontinence, hearing and visual disturbances, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Conclusions: Based on the review of literature, it may be concluded that not only health professionals, but all individuals that deal with elderly people in general should treat them with in a more attentive, patient, perseverant manner in order to minimize the limitations that each individual presents |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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