title: [Multiple morbidity in a patient (87 years old)].
abstract: The group of aged people--in particular of highly aged persons--increases and with it also the risk of polymorbidity. Atherosclerosis often occurs in the elderly population; it is not astonishing that atherosclerosis also increasingly affects the renal arteries. Another problem in this age group is chronic back- and leg pain. Considering a medicine that respects the patient's attitude and is reasonable and cost-effective, the care and therapy of a polymorbid patient offers a special challenge in the modern evidence-based medicine.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Kantonsspital Basel.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wenger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015897:Comorbidity; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Die polymorbide Patientin (87 Jahre).