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Terapia October 2021 NR 10 ( 405 )

Diseases of old age

Editor of the issue: dr hab. n. med. Zyta Beata Wojszel

Contents:

Parkinsonʼs disease in old age. Motor and non-motor symptoms

    Authors:
  • dr hab. n. med. Aleksandra Klimkowicz-Mrowiec, prof. UJ
Keywords: Parkinsonʼs disease, motor symptoms, non-motor symptoms, treatment

Dementia as a geriatric problem ‒ therapy and prophylaxis

    Authors:
  • lek. Justyna Golonko
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Zyta Beata Wojszel
Keywords: dementia, Alzheimerʼs disease, risk factors, prevention, treatment

Anorexia of aging in clinical practice

    Authors:
  • mgr Anna Rudzińska
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Jerzy Gąsowski
  • dr n. med. Karolina Piotrowicz
Keywords: appetite, anorexia of aging, malnutrition, geriatrics

Dysphagia as a geriatric giant

    Authors:
  • dr n. med. Agnieszka Kasiukiewicz
  • lic. Sylwia Kostrowska
Keywords: dysphagia, older persons, aspiration, aspiration pneumonia

Directions of diagnosis and therapy of vertigo in eldery ‒ team approach

    Authors:
  • dr n. o zdr. Łukasz Magnuszewski
  • lek. Michał Świętek
  • lek. Marta Świętek
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Zyta Beata Wojszel
Keywords: geriatrics, vertigo, vertigo diagnostics

Sleep disorders in the elderly ‒ diagnostic and therapeutic approach

    Authors:
  • lek. Marta Świętek
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Zyta Beata Wojszel
Keywords: sleep disorders, old age, insomnia, diagnosis and therapy of insomnia

Chronic heart failure ‒ specificity of symptomatology and therapy in old age

    Authors:
  • lek. Mirosław Charkiewicz
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Zyta Beata Wojszel
Keywords: chronic heart failure, old age, cardiac resynchronisation therapy, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ‒ principles of therapeutic management

    Authors:
  • lek. Agnieszka Wojskowicz
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Zyta Beata Wojszel
Keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, exacerbation, viral infections

Do we sometimes treat diabetes too intensively? Safety of new anti-diabetic drugs in older patients

    Authors:
  • lek. Anna Gobiecka
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Zyta Beata Wojszel
Keywords: old age diabetes, treatment of diabetes in old age, risk of hypoglycemia

Hypertension in older patients. Do we treat it too intensively?

    Authors:
  • lek. Monika Rzeźnik
  • dr n. med. Karolina Piotrowicz
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Jerzy Gąsowski
Keywords: hypertension, older persons, therapeutic goal

What should we remember when prescribing anticoagulants in elderly patients?

    Authors:
  • dr n. med. Ewa Klimek
  • lek. Ian Bernard Perera
  • dr n. med. Karolina Piotrowicz
Keywords: anticoagulants, oral anticoagulants, older adults

The specificity and safety of analgesic treatment in geriatric patients

    Authors:
  • dr hab. n. med. Jarosław Woroń
  • dr hab. n. med. Barbara Gryglewska, prof. UJ
Keywords: pain, geriatric population, pharmacotherapy, efficacy, safety

Principles and safety of proton pump inhibitor therapy in elderly patients

    Authors:
  • dr hab. n. med. Barbara Gryglewska, prof. UJ
  • dr hab. n. med. Jarosław Woroń
Keywords: proton pump inhibitors, side effects, long-term therapy, older adults

Serotonin syndrome ‒ causes and management in the elderly

    Authors:
  • dr n. med. Małgorzata Fedyk-Łukasik
  • dr n. med. Anna Głuszewska
Keywords: serotonin syndrome, geriatrics, serotonin, interactions, pharmacotherapy

Anticholinergic syndrome ‒ ethiology and treatment in older age

    Authors:
  • dr n. med. Agnieszka Kasiukiewicz
Keywords: anticholinergic activity, delirium, dementia, polypharmacy, older people