Acute Abdomen in Elderly Patients
Authors:
Pešková M.?; J. Klofanda; J. Matek
Authors‘ workplace:
I. chirurgická klinika 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2008; 147: 478-481
Category:
Original Article
Overview
Background.
Ageing of Czech population and the increase of numbers of elderly people gives new tasks to whole medicine and surgery too.
Method and Results.
Presented paper shows some aspects of occurrence, diagnostics and treatment of acute abdomen diseases-inflammatory and intestinal obstruction – in patients older than 60 years. It compares the occurrence and treatment results at an identical surgical department 30 and 60 years ago and nowadays.
Conclusions.
Number of the treated patients older than 60 years increased four times during the followed period. Opposite to that, death rate of operated patients declined from 37.2 % to today’s 16.4 % – undoubtedly thanks to modern good–quality perioperational treatment.
Key words:
acute abdomen, elderly patients.
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Addictology Allergology and clinical immunology Angiology Audiology Clinical biochemistry Dermatology & STDs Paediatric gastroenterology Paediatric surgery Paediatric cardiology Paediatric neurology Paediatric ENT Paediatric psychiatry Paediatric rheumatology Diabetology Pharmacy Vascular surgery Pain managementArticle was published in
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