
Hussien Mohammed Jumaah
CABM
Lecturer in internal medicine
Mosul College of Medicine
Monday , 9 May , 2016

Old Age
In most developed countries, older people comprise
20% of the population and are the chief users of
health care. While they contract the same diseases as
those who are younger, there are often important
differences in the way they present and how they are
best managed.
‘In Old Age’ boxes
describe common presentations,
implications of physiological changes of ageing, effects
of age on investigations, problems of treatment, and the
benefits and risks of intervention in older people.

Prescribing in old age

Prescribing
in old age
'cont'd

Genetic disease and counselling in old age

Energy balance in old age

Vitamin deficiency in old age

Problems with antimicrobial therapy in old age

The critically ill older patient

Poisoning in old age

Poisoning in old age'cont'd

Cancer
in old
age

Fever
in old
age

Infectious diarrhoea in old age

HIV infection in old age

Hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia in old age

Management of hyperlipidaemia in old age

Incontinence in old age

Acute kidney injury in old age

Renal replacement therapy in old age

Congestive cardiac failure in old age

Atrial fibrillation in old age

Atrial fibrillation in old age 'cont'd

Angina in old age

Myocardial infarction in old age

Atherosclerotic vascular disease in old age

Hypertension in old age

Aortic stenosis in old age

Endocarditis in old age

Respiratory
function in
old age

Obstructive
pulmonary
disease in old age

Respiratory
infection in
old age

Interstitial lung
disease in old age

Thromboembolic disease in old age

Pleural
disease in
old age

The thyroid gland in old age

The thyroid gland in old age'cont'd

Gonadal function in old age

The parathyroid glands in old age

Glucocorticoids in old age

Spontaneous hypoglycaemia in old age

The pituitary and hypothalamus in old age

Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in old age

Diabetes management in old age

Endoscopy in old age

Acute abdominal pain in old age

Oral health in old age

Gastro- oesophageal reflux disease in old age

Peptic ulcer disease in old age

Malabsorption in old age

Constipation in old age

Liver disease in old age

Gallbladder disease in old age

Haematological investigations in old age

Anaemia in old age

Haematological malignancy in old age

Haemostasis and thrombosis in old age

Use of oral NSAID in old age

Osteoarthritis in old age

Gout in old age

Joint and bone infection in old age

Osteoporosis in old age

Neurological
examination
in old age

Dizziness in old age

Epilepsy
in old age

Skin changes in old age