Abstract：
:Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of death in older men and women. Therefore, this age-related cancer is of particular importance to geriatricians. The high incidence of this cancer may be decreased by dietary modifications recommended by the American Cancer Society. Early cancer detection is important to improve survival. When colorectal cancer is detected in the asymptomatic patient, there is a high likelihood of cure. Therefore, screening individuals at high risk is a major goal. Because age is the leading risk factor for colorectal cancer, the American Cancer Society has developed guidelines for screening individuals over age 40 years. Treatment decisions are based on stage of disease. For localized disease, surgical resection is the primary therapy. In advanced disease, palliative treatment may include the use of surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of these modalities. Because there is no evidence of an age effect, principles of treatment should be applied similarly in geriatric and younger patients.
journal_name
Clin Geriatr Medjournal_title
Clinics in geriatric medicineauthors
Neilan BAsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-11-01 00:00:00pages
625-35issue
4eissn
0749-0690issn
1879-8853journal_volume
3pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:All evidence suggests that the elderly population of today and tomorrow will continue to depend on the private car to give them freedom, independence, and choice--as do younger travellers. Given the demographic changes in the United States, it seems very unlikely that other modes or options can provide anywhere near t...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Physical activity protects against the development of chronic disease and disability. There appears to be little risk of damage to joints from regular, moderate-level exercise. Patients with arthritis can safely participate in exercise programs and often have relief of pain and disability. The most difficult problem f...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Falling is often a multifactorial syndrome that can be viewed from several perspectives, including pathophysiologic, biomedical, functional, and ecologic models. The history, physical examination, and performance testing are the cornerstones of evaluation. Diagnostic testing in selected cases and environmental evaluat...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Healthy aging is a process that occurs over the life cycle. Health habits established early and practiced throughout life impact longevity, the ability to reach old age, and the health with which one experiences older adulthood. The new field of lifestyle medicine addresses root causes of disease by targeting nutritio...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2020.06.007
更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Older women may experience sexual dysfunction due to many different causes. Some problems related to menopausal hormonal change may be easily treated with estrogen supplements. Other problems involve intricate interpersonal relations between the woman and her sexual partner and may require a combination of medical the...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Over one-third of Medicare stroke patients are admitted to nursing homes for rehabilitation. Patients with stroke who are admitted to nursing homes are extremely heterogeneous, including both those with minimal physical and cognitive impairment and those who are totally physically dependent. Quality measures that are ...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Falls are a major health concern for elderly people and cause substantial health care costs. The authors used meta-analytic findings on the effectiveness of fall prevention interventions to determine cost-effectiveness of a proposed Medicare fall prevention program for people who experience a recent fall. Using publis...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2010.07.005
更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Despite the considerable challenges to providing high-quality rehabilitation in a long-term care facility, growing demographic and fiscal pressures are likely to push the nursing home into the forefront of rehabilitation for the frail elderly. Model programs have been implemented in recent years that present alternati...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Information derived from the relationship of the primary care physician with an older patient provides the best possible way to eliminate or minimize many ethical conflicts that arise in the care of the very old. The conscientious physician can seek information regarding the patient's personal value scheme and his or ...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Skin ulcers of the lower extremities have a chronic, relapsing course and often are difficult to manage. Leg ulcers remain a significant management challenge to health care professionals. This article focuses on the various causes of leg ulcers, with an emphasis on venous disease. Characteristic clinical findings and ...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0749-0690(03)00035-1
更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This review focuses on studies that pertain to obesity and aging. The prevalence of obesity in the elderly is discussed, with an emphasis on body-fat distribution as it relates to morbidity and mortality rates. Treatment options, such as physical activity, growth hormones, and drug therapy, are briefly mentioned. A se...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Major focuses of geriatric medicine are cardiovascular diseases with increases in prevalence in older people and how aging might modify the risk factors, clinical manifestations, treatment strategies, and prognoses of these diseases. Quantitative information on age-associated alterations in cardiovascular structure an...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0749-0690(05)70021-5
更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Most Americans will be afflicted by some form of spine-related pain in their lifetime. In older patients, the most frequent source of back pain is lumbar spinal stenosis or vertebral compression fracture. Although most back pain is self-limited, some patients will require interventional techniques. This article review...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2007.12.006
更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Bone is a complex organ which contains an organic matrix which serves as scaffolding, includes mineral as calcium distributed in a pattern providing structure and serves as an ion reservoir for the body. Throughout life it dynamically changes in response to changes in activity, body mass, and weight bearing. It is imp...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2005.02.002
更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Although the increased need for studies assessing the influence of age on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of all drugs has been emphasized, relatively little is known about NSAIDs in the elderly. The pharmacokinetics of some NSAIDs have been examined in elderly subjects; unfortunately, recent data indicate t...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Tests of performance and alertness in normal older subjects undergoing sleep loss reveal loss of performance and alertness similar to that seen in younger individuals. Recovery of performance ability occurs with one night of normal sleep, even following periods of sleep loss up to 64 hours in length. Older individuals...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension is a pathologic hemodynamic condition defined by a mean pulmonary arterial pressure of 25 mm Hg or greater at rest. Because of age-associated stiffening of the heart and the pulmonary vasculature and the higher prevalence in the elderly of comorbidities associated with the development of pulmona...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2017.06.007
更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:American health-care practitioners are faced with a rapidly growing, geriatric, Hispanic-American population. This group shares certain cultural links but is largely heterogeneous and comprised of many subgroups, the largest of which are Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans. Health-care practitioners ...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Although many individuals who have had strokes or other physical problems assume that they can no longer drive, they are often unaware of retraining programs. In addition to formal courses supported by sponsoring agencies, such as the AAA, there are also programs run by occupational therapists. This article addresses ...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Falls, syncope, and the associated complications are among the most serious problems that face the elderly population. The most common underlying causes and risk factors for falls include muscle weakness, gait and balance problems, visual impairment, cognitive impairment, depression, functional decline, and particular...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0749-0690(02)00002-2
更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Research has conclusively established that normal diploid cells in culture have a limited replicative life span, and that cells from adult organisms have a shorter life span than cells from young organisms or embryos. Although it is unlikely that death of the organism is caused by failure in cellular proliferative cap...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The majority of patients with acute diverticulitis can be managed medically. Some will have a complication of diverticulitis such as free perforation with peritonitis, abscess formation, obstruction, or fistula formation. Perhaps even a larger number will develop recurrent diverticulitis, which is associated with an i...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Efforts toward early detection of Alzheimer disease (AD) have focused on refinement and identification of diagnostic markers, with the goal of preventing or delaying disease progression. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has emerged as a potential precursor to dementia. Though not without controversy, MCI has been assoc...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2013.07.008
更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The high prevalence, morbidity, and mortality of infectious diseases in the geriatric population mandates that clinicians caring for older patients become better acquainted and familiar with the special and unique characteristics and features of this common clinical problem. Only through such awareness and understandi...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The importance of education in preventing and treating patients with pressure ulcers is evident by the inclusion of recommendations for educational objectives in the clinical guidelines by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Both caregiver and client should be assessed for knowledge of pressure ulcers. Phy...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common cause of chronic disability in older adults. Although classically considered a "wear and tear" degenerative condition of articular joints, recent studies have demonstrated an inflammatory component to OA that includes increased activity of several cytokines and chemokines in join...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2010.03.002
更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In this article we have attempted to review basic aspects of the respiratory immune system and some of what is known about the effects of aging on immunity. We have discussed the more common forms of interstitial lung disease as they relate to the elderly patient and have outlined a general method of approaching inter...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Older adults disproportionately sustain morbidity and mortality due to vaccine-preventable illnesses. Despite this observation, adult immunization rates continue to lag behind national goals. Reduced vaccine efficacy in older adults leading to apathy regarding the need for vaccine administration, unrealistic expectati...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2007.03.007
更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Transitions in care are a vulnerable time period for patients during which unintended errors may occur. This article discusses potential risks that could occur during care transitions, suggested improvements, and the transition from hospital to skilled nursing facilities for patients needing rehabilitation after their...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.cger.2014.01.017
更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The importance of a thorough history and physical examination in conjunction with appropriate laboratory, radiographic, endoscopic, and urodynamic studies is emphasized, with the goal of defining the cause of incontinence in the elderly. Once the pathologic process that is causing the symptom of incontinence is object...
journal_title：Clinics in geriatric medicine
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00
