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| Aging and the respiratory system | | Author(s) | A Rossi, A Ganassini, C Tantucci, V Grassi |
| Journal title | Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol 8, no 3, June 1996 |
| Pages | pp 143-161 |
| Keywords | Respiratory systems ; Biological ageing ; Respiratory tract diseases ; Diagnosis ; Therapeutics ; Clinical surveys. |
| Annotation | The ageing lung is more fragile in the face of respiratory and systemic diseases than the respiratory system of young adults. Nutrition, smoking habits and sleep related disorders also affect the respiratory system. Although bronchial asthma may also appear in older people, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is one of the most common respiratory diseases in advanced life and is a major cause of respiratory failure and intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Age in itself is not a risk factor of respiratory failure, but older patients have an increased risk of mortality for acute respiratory failure (the failing lung) and exacerbated chronic ventilatory failure. Although advanced age can influence the final outcome of older patients from the ICU, admission to ICU as well as the institution of mechanical ventilation should not be denied on the basis of age alone, since severity of illness, prior health status and admitting diagnosis have more weight than age in the final outcome. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970327017 A |
| Classmark | BKC: BH: CN: LK7: LL: 3G |
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