Geriatric syndrome and clinical practice for the treatment of pancreatic disease

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  • TANDO Yusuke
    Bioscience and Laboratory Medicine, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University

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  • 老年症候群と膵疾患診療

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<p>Geriatric syndrome is a concept for the onset of symptoms and disorders peculiar to the elderly due to age-related decline in physical and mental functions, or the very wide range of physical and mental symptom that are highly prevalent in the elderly. Japan has been a "super aging society" since 2007. In the clinical practice of pancreatic diseases treatment there is more need to treat the elderly than 20 years ago. Therefore we must consider the characteristics of the elderly patient. This review provides a general understanding and recent findings on clinical practice for pancreatic disease treatment related to geriatric syndrome.</p>

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  • Suizo

    Suizo 39 (1), 43-47, 2024-02-29

    Japan Pancreas Society

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