title: [Geriatric ultrasound].
abstract: In geriatric patients, ultrasound is the appropriate diagnostic technique to detect and to follow-up underlying and accompanying diseases of the heart, lung, liver, kidneys, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract and of arterial and venous vessels. Based on a systematic survey of the published literature, this review describes the value of ultrasound in geriatric patients focussing on point of care.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitätsklinik 1, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Eckhart
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Froehlich
authors.affiliation: Universitätsfrauenklinik, Tübingen.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pauluschke-Froehlich
authors.affiliation: Inselspital, Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Debove
authors.affiliation: Caritas-Krankenhaus, Medizinische Klinik 2, Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vey
authors.affiliation: Klinikum Ludwigsburg, Medizinische Klinik I, Ludwigsburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Klinger
authors.affiliation: Caritas-Krankenhaus, Medizinische Klinik 2, Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000067716:Point-of-Care Testing / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000592:standards*