TY - JOUR
T1 - Management of the elderly patients with inflammatory bowel disease
T2 - Practical considerations
AU - Katz, Seymour
AU - Surawicz, Christina
AU - Pardi, Darrell S.
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - The aging U.S. population will approach 20% of the total population by 2030. The number of older patients with inflammatory bowel disease is anticipated to increase accordingly bringing the burden of multiple comorbidities, polypharmacy with drug interactions, the aging immune system, and extended social and financial issues to overall management of an already challenging management of these patients. Each of these concerns is measured by the metric of distinguishing the "fit versus frail" elderly and will be discussed in this review with an emphasis on a practical guide to therapy.
AB - The aging U.S. population will approach 20% of the total population by 2030. The number of older patients with inflammatory bowel disease is anticipated to increase accordingly bringing the burden of multiple comorbidities, polypharmacy with drug interactions, the aging immune system, and extended social and financial issues to overall management of an already challenging management of these patients. Each of these concerns is measured by the metric of distinguishing the "fit versus frail" elderly and will be discussed in this review with an emphasis on a practical guide to therapy.
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U2 - 10.1097/MIB.0b013e31828c8536
DO - 10.1097/MIB.0b013e31828c8536
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23860566
AN - SCOPUS:84884550493
SN - 1078-0998
VL - 19
SP - 2257
EP - 2272
JO - Inflammatory bowel diseases
JF - Inflammatory bowel diseases
IS - 10
ER -