AIDS in older people
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AIDS in older people presents a series of special problems. Many older people may not wish to disclose sexual habits or drug use and may not disclose an AIDS diagnosis even if they are aware of it. They may not be compliant with medication and are subject to infections and cancers that might not affect younger people. A 1998 study found that older AIDS patients have shorter survival rates than young patients. The reasons for this require further research.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1998
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Management of the older patient with acute myocardial infarction: difference in clinical presentations between older and younger patients
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Coronary artery disease (CAD) and acute myocardial infarction in the older patient will have a different clinical presentation from that seen in younger patients. Frequently chest pain is absent in the older group. Complications are more common in older patients and mortality is high, but unexplained. Probably there are multiple factors. Risk factors are different in older patients.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1998
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The prevalence of diabetes and associated coronary risk factors in urban and rural older Mexican poopulations
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Diabetes in Mexian populations was shown to be higher in men than women and in older and single adults living in urban communities. This group was also associated with an increased prevalence of coronary risk factors. Diabetes was assoicated with higher fat, low carbohydrate and low fat diets and an increase of central distribution of adiposity.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1998
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