Titlebook: Geriatrics; A. N. Exton-Smith,P. W. Overstall Book 1979 A. N. Exton-Smith and P. W. Overstall 1979 geriatrics

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真繁榮

Ageing,ugh some useful generalizations may be made about the ageing process and the differences in disease presentation and management of the older patient, it is a mistake to regard the elderly as a homogeneous group. Indeed, variations between individuals tend to increase with age.

Agility

COUCH

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Cardiovascular system,ned as an increase in collagen at the expense of smooth muscle; and medionecrosis. These are probably wear and tear changes secondary to haemodynamic events (Schlatmann and Becker, 1977), and are most marked in the ascending aorta, arch and the lower limb arteries. As a result of smooth muscle atrop

FOLD

Respiratory system,illaries is decreased. Although there is no loss in the total number of alveoli they are increased in size with a reduction in the thickness of the elastic fibres in the bundles surrounding the alveolar ducts. The normal function of the elastic tissue is to maintain the patency of the small airways

MEAN

Alimentary system,cal disorders; for example, constipation and diverticular disease become increasingly common with age. The functional and structural changes associated with ageing include: impairment of the sense of taste; disorder of oesophageal motility; atrophic changes in the gastric mucous membrane and the dev

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