[Can comorbidity and effects of complicating diseases in the elderly be measured?].
Concurrence of several diseases is common and actually typical in the elderly. Almost invariably they exhibit also subclinical disease states and functional impairment. In principle, the clinician will encounter the comorbidity as a challenge at least in two ways. How actively should individual diseases of the most aged comorbid patients investigated and treated? What is the significance of other diseases in the treatment of a single disease, for which detailed recommendations exist, for example?
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Helsingin yliopisto ja HYKS:n yleissisätautien ja geriatrian klinikka, PL 340, 00290 HUS.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index