Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Clinical Epidemiology Research Center, West Haven, CT, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Clin Geriatr Med. 2017 Nov;33(4):491-501. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2017.06.003. Epub 2017 Jul 14.
Older persons frequently report respiratory risk factors and symptoms and have a high prevalence of symptomatic lung disease, most commonly obstructive airway disease, interstitial lung disease, and lung cancer. Notably, coexisting nonrespiratory risk factors are also prevalent and may misidentify or modify respiratory diagnoses and their clinical course.
老年人经常报告呼吸道危险因素和症状，并有很高的症状性肺部疾病患病率，最常见的是阻塞性气道疾病、间质性肺疾病和肺癌。值得注意的是，并存的非呼吸道危险因素也很常见，可能会误诊或改变呼吸道疾病的诊断及其临床过程。
