geriatric disorder; disease of old age; geriatric syndrome

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Etiology

Pathology

  • decline in immunity
  • increased exposure to disease-causing factors
  • greater time for slowly-progressing pathology

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References

  1. Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013
  2. Inouye SK, Studenski S, Tinetti ME, Kuchel GA. Geriatric syndromes: clinical, research, and policy implications of a core geriatric concept. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 May;55(5):780-91. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17493201 PMCID: PMC2409147 Free PMC article. Review.