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Terapia December 2022 NR 12 ( 419 )

Diseases of old age

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

Contents:

Dementia – preventive treatment options

    Authors:
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Zyta Beata Wojszel
Keywords: cognitive impairment, risk factors, intervention, prevention

Dementia – management of behavioral disorders and psychotic symptoms

    Authors:
  • lek. Agnes Hajek
  • dr n. med. Małgorzata Fedyk-Łukasik
Keywords: dementia, BPSD, behavioural disorder, psychotic symptoms

Hypertension in patients aged 80 years or more. Should we treat every such patient in the same way?

    Authors:
  • lek. Monika Ryś
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Jerzy Gąsowski
Keywords: hypertension, older persons, frailty

Hypoglycemia as a problem of diabetes in old age

    Authors:
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Zyta Beata Wojszel
Keywords: hypoglycemia, elder people, risk factors, consequences of hypoglycemia, prevention

COPD treatment in elderly

    Authors:
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Tomasz Targowski
Keywords: COPD, airflow, geriatrics, lungs

Osteoporosis – diagnosis, prophylactic, treatment

    Authors:
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Ewa Marcinowska-Suchowierska
Keywords: osteoporosis, diagnosis, fracture risk, pharmacotherapy

Malnutrition risk in outpatient setting – how to change nutritional habits in the older individuals

    Authors:
  • mgr Anna Rudzińska
  • dr n. med. Karolina Piotrowicz
Keywords: appetite, geriatrics, nutritional status, malnutrition, nutritional habits

Sarcopenia – practical aspects of diagnostic process and treatment

    Authors:
  • lek. Robert Kupis
  • mgr Anna Rudzińska
  • dr n. med. Karolina Piotrowicz
Keywords: sarcopenia, geriatric medicine, skeletal muscles, SARC-F, muscles strength

The importance of energy-protein supplementation in elderly patients on discharge from a hospital

    Authors:
  • lek. Justyna Rentflejsz
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Zyta Beata Wojszel
Keywords: malnutrition, diagnosis, energy-protein supplementation, treatment, older patients

Iron deficiency in elderly patients – not only a hematological problem

    Authors:
  • lek. Jakub Husejko
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Kornelia Kędziora-Kornatowska
Keywords: iron deficiency, elderly patients, anemia, chronic diseases

Vitamin D3 and the immune system and infections

    Authors:
  • lek. Agnieszka Sulik
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Zyta Beata Wojszel
Keywords: vitamin D, immune system, infections, deficiency and supplementation, older people

Vaccinations for the elderly

    Authors:
  • lek. Marta Niwińska
  • prof. dr hab. n. med. Sławomir Chlabicz
Keywords: vaccinations, elderly, prevention, infections