Book Title: Geriatrics 1
Description: In 1909 a short contribution entitled "Geriatrics" was published in the New York Medical Journal. According to this article, old age represents a distinct period oflife in which the physiologic changes caused by aging are accompanied by an increasing number of pathologic changes. We now know that the organs of the body age neither at the same rate nor to the same extent and that physiologic alterations are indeed superimposed by pathologic changes; as a result of the latter phenomenon the origins and course of illnesses in the elderly can present unusual characteristics. The frequency of concurrent disorders in the elderly entails the danger of polypragmatic pharmacotherapy, i. e. , the use of various drugs to combat various disorders while neglecting the possibly adverse combined effects ...
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Author(s): D. Platt
Publisher(s): Springer Science & Business Media
Publish Date: 2012-12-06
Book Pages: 490
Industry Identifier: ISBN_10: 3642682146
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Subjects: Medical / Gynecology & Obstetrics • Medical / Clinical Medicine
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