title: Keeping older patients healthy and safe as they travel.
abstract: For older patients, the trip of a lifetime can be fraught with health hazards. There's much you can do to keep them harm free.
authors: The Christ Hospital/University of Cincinnati Family Medicine Residency Program, OH 45219, USA. jeffrey.schlaudecker@uc.edu
authors: Jeffrey D
authors: JD
authors: Schlaudecker
authors: Erin N
authors: EN
authors: Moushey
authors: Elizabeth P
authors: EP
authors: Schlaudecker
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000368:Aged; D000531:Altitude; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D003681:Dehydration / Q000517:prevention & control; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000517:prevention & control; D015444:Exercise; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D020179:Jet Lag Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D014195:Travel; D014611:Vaccination; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations