Is esophageal dysphagia in the extreme elderly (≥80 years) different to dysphagia younger adults? A clinical motility service audit
| Autor: | R. Heddle, Jane M. Andrews, Geoffrey S. Hebbard, Helen Checklin, Robert J. Fraser |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Manometry Gastroenterology Cohort Studies Young Adult Esophagus Risk Factors Internal medicine Esophageal dysphagia otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Young adult Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Medical Audit business.industry Age Factors Heartburn Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Dysphagia Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Esophageal motility disorder Female medicine.symptom Deglutition Disorders business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Diseases of the Esophagus. 21:656-659 |
| ISSN: | 1442-2050 1120-8694 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2008.00823.x |
| Popis: | SUMMARY. Dysphagia in elderly patients has major effects on nutrition and quality of life. Although aging itself is associated with changes in esophageal motility, the impact of this on symptoms such as dysphagia is unclear. Data in the extreme elderly are also limited. Symptoms and manometric diagnoses from 23 consecutive older patients (older dysphagia [OD]) ≥80 reporting esophageal dysphagia (12 female, mean age 83 (range 80–93) were compared with those from 23 gender matched younger patients (young dysphagia [YD]) also with dysphagia (mean age 35, range [17–46]). More older patients reported dysphagia as their primary symptom (OD 22/23 vs YD 14/23, P = 0.005). Overall, dysphagia was most common for solids only (OD 16/23 vs YD 15/23) and rare for liquids only (OD 1/23 vs YD 3/23). Dysphagia for both liquids and solids was more frequent in older patients (OD 6/23 vs YD 1/23, P |
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