DEHYDRATION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS

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6
Year: 
2016

S. Budylev (1); A. Selivanov (1,2), Candidate of Medical Sciences; E. Fesenko (3) 1 -City Clinical Hospital Thirty-One, Saint Petersburg 2 -Gerontology Research Medical Center, Moscow 3 -Belgorod State National Research University

The paper considers dehydration in people from old age groups. In spite of its prevalence and hazards to the elderly, there has been no uniform approach to diagnosing and treating this condition so far.
Keywords: 
gerontology
dehydration
elderly age
geriatric practice

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