Prevalent Medical Pathology in the Elderly

Prevalent Medical Pathology in the Elderly — Clinical Compendium

How it begins

The diseases of the elderly are, for the most part, the same as those of the young adult - but their presentation, epidemiology, prognosis and treatment are transformed on the substrate of organic aging, pluripathology and waning physiological reserve. This compendium covers, device by device, the medical pathology with the greatest impact on old age, with emphasis on the atypical presentation, the nuances...

What it covers

1. Organic senescence and atypical presentation of the disease
2. · Physiological changes of aging by systems
3. · Atypical presentation: the rule, not the exception
4. Pharmacology of aging and iatrogenics
5. · Pharmacokinetic changes
6. · Pharmacodynamic changes
7. · Polypharmacy, prescription and deprescription cascade
8. Cardiovascular pathology in the elderly
9. · Hypertension: systolic predominance
10. · Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
11. · atrial fibrillation
12. · Degenerative (calcific) aortic stenosis
13. · Ischemic heart disease and orthostatic hypotension
14. Respiratory pathology in the elderly
15. · Pneumonia: the "old man's friend"
16. · COPD in the elderly
17. · Flu, RSV and pulmonary thromboembolism
18. Endocrine-metabolic pathology
19. · Diabetes mellitus type 2
20. · Thyroid pathology
21. · Dyslipidemia
22. Hydroelectrolyte disorders and kidney pathology
23. · Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
24. · Hyponatremia: the most prevalent electrolyte disorder
25. · Dehydration and potassium alterations
26. · Frequent nephrourological pathology
27. Digestive pathology
28. · Constipation and fecal impaction
29. · Reflux disease, gastropathy and gastrointestinal bleeding
30. · Diverticular disease and ischemic colitis
31. · Dysphagia and biliary pathology
32. Anemia and hematological pathology
33. · Etiology: three large groups
34. · Other prevalent hematological entities
35. Infectious pathology and immunosenescence
36. · Most prevalent infections
37. · Particularities of anti-infective treatment and prevention
38. Neurological pathology
39. · Cerebrovascular disease (stroke)
40. · Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism
41. · Late-onset epilepsy and peripheral neuropathy
42. Osteoarticular pathology and bone metabolism
43. · Osteoporosis and fragility fracture
44. · Osteoarthritis
45. · Microcrystalline arthropathies and rheumatology in the elderly
46. Oncological pathology in the elderly
47. · Most prevalent neoplasms
48. · Screening: when to start and, above all, when to stop
49. Pluripathology, comorbidity and management principles
50. · Pluripathology and multipathological patient
51. · Transversal therapeutic principles