Holt P R
Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York.
Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 1990 Jun;19(2):345-59.
Neither diarrhea nor malabsorption readily springs to mind as a major clinical problem when considering gastrointestinal disorders of the elderly. However, such disorders commonly occur in older age groups, although more covertly than in the young, and can result in disability. For this reason, it is important for the clinician to recognize these symptoms and disorders as significant and specifically to seek a history of diarrhea or evidence of malabsorption.
在考虑老年人的胃肠道疾病时，腹泻和吸收不良都不太容易立即被视为主要的临床问题。然而，这些疾病在老年人群中普遍存在，尽管比年轻人更为隐匿，并且可能导致残疾。因此，临床医生认识到这些症状和疾病的重要性，并特别询问腹泻病史或吸收不良的证据是很重要的。
