論文

査読有り 国際誌
2019年4月21日

Considerations of elderly factors to manage the complication of liver cirrhosis in elderly patients.

World journal of gastroenterology
  • Kenya Kamimura
  • ,
  • Akira Sakamaki
  • ,
  • Hiroteru Kamimura
  • ,
  • Toru Setsu
  • ,
  • Takeshi Yokoo
  • ,
  • Masaaki Takamura
  • ,
  • Shuji Terai

25
15
開始ページ
1817
終了ページ
1827
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3748/wjg.v25.i15.1817

The aging of the organ function causes sensitivity to the disease progression and need careful consideration for the medical treatment. With the increase of aging population, the opportunity to provide medical treatment for people in very old age is rapidly increasing therefore, the understanding of the various physiological changes of cellular function, size and function of organs are essential for the decision of therapeutic options. Among the various chronic conditions seen in elderly people, we have focused on liver cirrhosis, since despite specific therapeutic options for many of liver diseases including direct acting antivirals for hepatitis C virus, nucleoside analogs for hepatitis B, and corticosteroids for autoimmune hepatitis, there is currently no standard therapy to treat liver cirrhosis, which is the final stage of these liver diseases. Therefore, management of the various symptoms of liver cirrhosis is essential, and aging-related parameters must be considered in the decision making for therapeutic strategies and dosage of the available medicine. In this mini-review, we have summarized the therapeutic options to manage various symptoms of liver cirrhosis, carefully considering the physiological changes of various organs associated with aging.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v25.i15.1817
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31057296
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478616
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3748/wjg.v25.i15.1817
  • PubMed ID : 31057296
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC6478616

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