高齢者泌尿器科におけるホスピス、緩和ケア、および終末期ケアの検討事項
Jonathan Bergman1, Daniel M Au2, Tomas Lindor Griebling3
1UCLA and Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, 3540 South Barrington Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90066, USA.
Clinics in geriatric medicine
|May 9, 2025
65歳以上と定義される高齢の患者は、一般的な臨床現場における泌尿器科医の全診察件数の約65%から70%を占めている。高齢患者に提供されるケアの総量において、泌尿器科は眼科や循環器科と並び、一貫して専門科の上位3分野に入っている。人口統計によれば、高齢者の数および割合は指数関数的に増加し続けている。実際、現在、米国で最も急速に増加している人口層は85歳以上の人々である。これは世界的な傾向である。
65歳以上と定義される高齢の患者は、一般的な臨床現場における泌尿器科医の全診察件数の約65%から70%を占めている。高齢患者に提供されるケアの総量において、泌尿器科は眼科や循環器科と並び、一貫して専門科の上位3分野に入っている。人口統計によれば、高齢者の数および割合は指数関数的に増加し続けている。実際、現在、米国で最も急速に増加している人口層は85歳以上の人々である。これは世界的な傾向である。
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