title: Pitfalls in geriatric medicine.
abstract: Physiological deterioration complicates presentation of pathological processes in old age. Symptomatology is often misleading or absent, and handling of therapeutic substances complicated by poor excretion. It is important to realize that requirements change, and there must be flexibility of ideas of management of the aged.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis; D004358:Drug Therapy; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders; D009230:Myxedema / Q000188:drug therapy