Titlebook: Geriatrics; A. N. Exton-Smith,P. W. Overstall Book 1979 A. N. Exton-Smith and P. W. Overstall 1979 geriatrics

ALIAS

Trabeculoplasty

Microbiology for the Surgical Pathologistawareness that sociological changes have produced an atmosphere in which death is a taboo subject. These changes are many and complex: the decline of formalized religion, the unrealistic expectations encouraged by a consumer-orientated society, and the growth of a complex health care system in which

影响

Wavelets: A Brief Introduction,Disorder of autonomic function is often concerned in the causation of two common clinical conditions in old age — postural hypotension and hypothermia. It may also be a factor in the development of heat illness, disturbances of oesophageal and gastrointestinal motility and in some cases of urinary retention and incontinence (see Chapter 11).

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Jasvir S. Khurana,Edward F. McCarthyWith increasing age the kidney atrophies, affecting the cortex more than the medulla. Interstitial fibrosis is most marked in the medulla with coarse scarring also seen in a small percentage of cases. There are, however, considerable variations in the appearance of the kidney in old age.

有特色

neutral-posture

FEMUR

Types of Mechanical Ventilation,Ageing is accompanied by loss of bone from the skeleton; the atrophy of bone corresponds to atrophy of other tissues which occurs with increasing age.

流动性

Autonomic nervous system,Disorder of autonomic function is often concerned in the causation of two common clinical conditions in old age — postural hypotension and hypothermia. It may also be a factor in the development of heat illness, disturbances of oesophageal and gastrointestinal motility and in some cases of urinary retention and incontinence (see Chapter 11).

厌恶

护航舰