The elderly may have a very complicated medical history and misleading signs. A longitudinal study found that 50% of elderly patients (65 or over) with abdominal pain required admission. 1 Because of ...
Clinicians face a difficult challenge in the effective management of symptoms and suffering of elderly patients with terminal cancer, against a backdrop of complicated family and social structures. We ...
“Patients who have a history of ... “If the patient is elderly, they should consider that the upper abdominal pain may be the ...