[Symptoms in the digestive tract for diseases of other organs].
Gastrointestinal symptoms in elderly patients are not only caused by primary diseases of the digestive organs. Even a healthy digestive tract commensurate with the age of the patient is affected by age and disease-related changes of other organs, in particular those of the cardiovascular and metabolic systems. This leads to a broad spectrum of secondary dysfunctions of the gastrointestinal tract.
Innere Medizin, Klinikverbund Südwest, Kreiskrankenhaus Nagold. h.moerk@klinikverbund-suedwest.de
Hubert
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Mörk
D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012307:Risk Factors