Valle B K, Lemberg L
Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101.
Heart Lung. 1989 Mar;18(2):206-11.
There are changes in the elderly population that make them more vulnerable to disease, react differently to disease, and respond differently to drugs. The changes that occur in the geriatric population are (1) general physical deconditioning, (2) blunted physiologic response to change, (3) decreased resilience, and (4) degenerative changes common to aging. Appreciation of these changes helps in the diagnoses, management, and evaluation of prognosis in the senescent patient.
老年人群存在一些变化，这些变化使他们更容易患病，对疾病的反应不同，对药物的反应也不同。老年人群中发生的变化包括：（1）全身身体机能下降；（2）对变化的生理反应迟钝；（3）恢复力下降；（4）衰老常见的退行性变化。认识到这些变化有助于对老年患者进行诊断、管理和预后评估。
