geriatric disorder; disease of old age; geriatric syndrome
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Etiology
- cardiovascular disease
- cancer
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- neurodegenerative diseases
- diabetes mellitus type 2
- benign prostatic hypertrophy
- urinary incontinence
- sarcopenia
- osteoporosis
- osteoarthritis
- eye
- macular degeneration
- glaucoma
- cararacts
- presbyopia
- presbycusis
- diverticulosis
- geriatric syndromes
- other
Pathology
- decline in immunity
- increased exposure to disease-causing factors
- greater time for slowly-progressing pathology
More general terms
More specific terms
- adverse drug effects in the elderly
- aggressive behavior in the elderly
- antibiotic side effects in the elderly
- asthma in the elderly
- cancer in the elderly
- cognitive impairment in the elderly
- depression in the elderly
- dermatologic disorders in the elderly
- disequilibrium in the elderly
- disorders of the colon in the elderly
- eating disorders in the elderly
- elder abuse
- end of life
- falls in the elderly
- fever in the elderly
- fibromyalgia in the elderly
- frailty
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in the elderly
- inappropriate medications in the elderly (by disorder)
- infections in the elderly
- orthopedic disorders in the elderly
- psychosis, agitation & difficult behavior in the elderly
- renal disorders in the elderly
- rheumatologic disorders in the elderly
- sarcopenia
- seizures in the elderly
- subjective memory problems in the elderly
Additional terms
- Alzheimer's disease (AD)
- anemia
- atrial fibrillation (AF)
- benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
- blood pressure in the very old
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- chronic pain
- constipation; dyschezia
- delirium (acute confusional state)
- dementia; Alzheimer's disease & related dementias (ADRD)
- diabetes mellitus type 2 (insulin-resistant)
- hearing loss (hearing impairment, hard of hearing, HOH)
- heart failure (HF)
- myocardial infarction (MI); heart attack
- osteoporosis
- Parkinson's disease (paralysis agitans, PD)
- parkinsonism
- pressure ulcer (decubitus ulcer, bedsore)
- prevention of fecal & urinary incontinence
- sleep disorder
- stroke; cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
- systolic hypertension (hypertension in the elderly)
- visual impairment
References
- ↑ Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013
- ↑ 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.