[Oral dryness in geriatric patients].
Dry mouth is usual in geriatrics. It doesn't seem a age related change of salivary gland tissues, but as often as not, it results from the use of some drugs. Seventy percents of institutionalised elderly population consummate these medications with buccal significance. This publication tries to summarize the means of diagnosis and the possibilities to treat this pathology.
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L'Université de Liège.
Lamy
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D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D009055:Mouth / Q000187:drug effects; D012464:Saliva, Artificial / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000503:physiopathology; D014987:Xerostomia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
D012464:Saliva, Artificial
La sécheresse buccale en gériatrie.