Cases on Multimorbidity and Its Impact on Elderly Patients

Cases on Multimorbidity and Its Impact on Elderly Patients

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Release Date: April, 2023|Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 285
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-2354-7
ISBN13: 9781668423547|ISBN10: 1668423545|EISBN13: 9781668423554
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Description:

As old age is increasing globally, some challenges arise such as multimorbidity, a unique medical condition that has multiple potential complications and thus needs high-quality care directed by qualified healthcare providers. Multimorbidity is an important daily challenge to internists worldwide due to its many difficulties. Junior physicians dealing with multimorbidity must have the knowledge to practice high-quality care for their elderly patients.

Cases on Multimorbidity and Its Impact on Elderly Patients considers approaches to manage multimorbidity and its unique complications and challenges to aid in appropriate daily decision making. Covering key topics such as weight loss, aging, and frailty, this reference work is ideal for medical professionals, nurses, policymakers, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Abdominal Distention
  • Aging
  • Cognitive Impairment
  • Discharge Plans
  • Drugs
  • Elderly
  • Frailty
  • Hypoxia
  • Palliative Care
  • Weight Loss
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Adil Alharthi is a consultant internist Saudi board in Internal Medicine 2009 and currently working in Waddi Addawasir Military Hospital. Interested in several areas of Medicine e.g. Multimorbity, HTN, Geriatrics, SCD, Pregnancy induced Medical complications and others. Question: How to understand the concept of multimorbidity and its effect on the elderly? Answer:By understanding its risk factors, it's relation with frailty and understanding the disease cluster concept. Question: How to properly understand congestive heart failure, in diagnosis and management? Answer: By understanding it's important but under appreciated and under read pathophysiological mechanisms, and understanding the importance of its symptom cluster concept as well. Question: How to prevent medication non-adherence in elderly? Answer: By understanding its etiological concepts, example, polypharmacy, depression, patient doctor relationship, etc. Question: How to understand Sarcopenia in elderly? Answer: By understanding its common types, example, dementia related Sarcopenia , stroke related Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic obesity, etc.
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