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Bronchial Thermoplasty: A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Severe Asthma
Published on: November 4, 2010
高齢者における喘息
Peter G Gibson1, Vanessa M McDonald, Guy B Marks
1School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia. peter.gibson@newcastle.edu.au
Lancet (London, England)
|September 7, 2010
まとめ
高齢者の喘息は,年齢に関連するユニークな課題と慢性阻害性肺疾患 (COPD) との重複により,しばしば見逃され,治療が不足しています. 効果的な介入と,高齢の喘息患者における改善された結果のために,包括的な評価は極めて重要です.
科学分野:
- ゲリアトリック・メディシン (老年医学)
- 呼吸器医学とは
- 肺病理学 肺病理学とは
背景:
- 喘息は高齢者に多く見られ,しばしば診断と治療が不十分である.
- 老化により,喘息の呈現,認識,管理が変化します.
- 高齢者における喘息と慢性閉塞性肺疾患 (COPD) の間に重大な重複があり,診断を複雑にする.
研究 の 目的:
- 高齢者の喘息の診断と管理の複雑さを強調する.
- 高齢の喘息患者に対する評価と介入の多次元的なアプローチの必要性を強調する.
- 高齢者における喘息および呼吸道阻害性疾患の合併症に対する注意を高めることを提唱する.
主な方法:
- 喘息の呈現と診断に影響を与える年齢関連の要因のレビュー.
- 喘息とCOPDの重複によって引き起こされる診断上の課題の議論.
- 多次元評価の枠組みの提案.
主要な成果:
- 不十分な診断と不十分な治療は,高齢者の喘息の特徴です.
- 診断の複雑さは,COPDの症状が重複し,正確な診断ツールが欠如していることから生じます.
- 介入の必要性を特定するために,多次元的な評価が提案されています.
結論:
- 高齢者の喘息の効果的な管理には,呼吸道の問題,併発症,リスク要因,患者の自己管理能力に対処する必要があります.
- よりよい健康成果を得るために,改善されたケアシステム,臨床ガイドライン,研究が必要である.
- 高齢者の喘息や呼吸道阻害性疾患の合併症に注力することが不可欠です.
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