Medical treatments and cares for geriatric syndrome: New strategies learned from frail elderly

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-214

  Kubo, Hiroshi ^a   Nakayama, Katsutoshi ^a   Ebihara, Satoru ^a   Sasaki, Hidetada ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Depression; Dysphagia; Frail elderly; Geriatrics; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BCG VACCINE; CAPSAICIN; CHINESE DRUG; CITRIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IMIDAPRIL; INFLUENZA VACCINE; KAMIUNTANTO; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; PERINDOPRIL; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; SUBSTANCE P; TUBERCULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; AEROSOL; AGED; AGING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASTHMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DIET THERAPY; DYSPHAGIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEEDING APPARATUS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INSOMNIA; JAPAN; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENINGITIS; MOUTH HYGIENE; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DEPRESSION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; PNEUMONIA; SYNDROME;

EID: 17844384584     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.205.205     Document Type: Review

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