Rheumatic Disease in the Elderly: Rheumatoid Arthritis
| Autor: | Zuhre Tutuncu, Arthur Kavanaugh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Gout Inflammatory arthritis Population Psychological intervention Arthritis Chondrocalcinosis Arthritis Rheumatoid Diagnosis Differential Rheumatology Osteoarthritis medicine Humans Age of Onset Intensive care medicine Adverse effect education Aged education.field_of_study business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Anti-Inflammatory Agents Non-Steroidal Rheumatic disease Prognosis medicine.disease humanities Polymyalgia Rheumatica Antirheumatic Agents Rheumatoid arthritis Disease Progression Physical therapy Geriatrics and Gerontology Age of onset business |
| Zdroj: | Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. 21:513-525 |
| ISSN: | 0749-0690 |
| Popis: | This review summarizes the different aspects of rheumatoid arthritis and the spectrum of diseases that can present as rheumatoid arthritis-like arthritis in the elderly population. With the aging of Western population, different forms of inflammatory arthritis' prevalence and incidence are increasing in the elderly persons. Difficulties in establishing the diagnosis and introducing new treatment modalities in this patient group poses a great challenge for the clinicians. The management of inflammatory arthritis in the elderly requires special consideration in regard to the comorbidities and increased frequency of adverse events. There is definitely a substantial need for improving different aspects of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions that will reduce the impact of inflammatory arthritis in the growing elderly population. |
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