geriatria

Also known as geriatric medicine, medical gerontology, aged health care

disciplina medica

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Geriatrics is a medical specialty dedicated to treating the unique health needs of older adults, aiming to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases in this population. This specialty matters because older adults are more likely to have chronic health conditions and require more complex medical care than younger patients.

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Key facts

Medical specialty.title: Geriatrics
Medical specialty.image: 300px
Medical specialty.caption: An older woman in a residential care home receiving a birthday cake
Medical specialty.diseases: Dementia, arthritis, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson's disease, atherosclerosis, heart disease, high blood pressure
Medical specialty.specialist: Geriatrician
Occupation.name: Geriatrician
Occupation.official_names: Physician
Occupation.type: Specialty
Occupation.activity_sector: Medicine
Occupation.formation: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Doctor of Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)
Occupation.employment_field: Hospitals, Clinics

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Research

287,757 papers

Geriatrics: Year in review.ReviewJournal of geriatric oncology · 2016Holmes HM, Beck MS, Rowe JHDOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2016.06.002
Comprehensive geriatric assessment.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2022Schippinger WDOI: 10.1007/s10354-021-00905-y
Geriatrics in the new millennium, Israel.ReviewThe Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ · 2003Habot B, Tsin S
Can geriatrics survive?British medical journal · 1976Leonard JCDOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.6021.1335
Geriatrics Education: Phone Calls With Older Adults and Medical Students.Family medicine · 2023Fukuma N, Reilly JMDOI: 10.22454/FamMed.149721
Geriatric assessment in the inpatient sector : 20 years quality assurance of the Geriatrics in Bavaria Database.ReviewZeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2022Gaßmann KG, Swoboda W, Tümena T et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00391-021-02004-4
Update in geriatrics: What geriatric oncology can learn from general geriatric research.ReviewJournal of geriatric oncology · 2018Hamaker ME, Prins M, van Huis LHDOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2018.01.005
[Geriatrics for internists in primary care].ReviewDer Internist · 2011Swoboda W, Hermens TDOI: 10.1007/s00108-011-2807-6

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: academic discipline
Image: Nurse in geriatry.jpg

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on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Commons category: Geriatrics
topic's main category: Category:Geriatrics
OpenStreetMap tag: healthcare:speciality=geriatrics
exact match: schema.org/Geriatric
different from: gerontology
medical condition treated: hypercholesterolemia

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Article · Italiano

La geriatria (dal greco γέρων, "vecchio, anziano" e ἰατρεία, "cura") è una disciplina medica che studia le malattie che si verificano nell'anziano e le loro conseguenze disabilitanti, con l'obiettivo fondamentale di ritardare il declino funzionale e mentale, mantenendo al contempo l'autosufficienza e la miglior qualità di vita possibile. La gerontologia, di cui la geriatria è una branca, cerca di identificare i meccanismi biologici dell'invecchiamento e della senescenza, oltre agli aspetti sociali e psicologici che si verificano nella terza età, e che sono in grado di influenzare direttamente lo stato di salute e l'insorgenza delle malattie tipiche della persona anziana. Il geriatra è quel medico che opera avendo ben presenti le nozioni fornite dalla gerontologia; non è rara la denominazione di medico gerontologo.

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