2015
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1399227
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The Aging Lung: Clinical and Imaging Findings and the Fringe of Physiological State

Abstract: Since aspects of demographic transition have become an essential part of socioeconomic, medical and health-care research in the last decades, it is vital for the radiologist to discriminate between normal ageing related effects and abnormal imaging findings in the elderly. This article reviews functional and structural aspects of the ageing lung and focuses on typical ageing related radiological patterns. Key points: ??The physiological aging process of the thoracic organs shows typical structural and functi… Show more

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“… 13) Accordingly, the anteriorposterior (AP) diameter of the chest is increased in geriatric patients. 14 – 16) Therefore, the compressions performed in geriatric patients should be deeper than that performed in nongeriatric patients to deliver high-quality chest compressions and thus achieve sufficient cardiac output.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“… 13) Accordingly, the anteriorposterior (AP) diameter of the chest is increased in geriatric patients. 14 – 16) Therefore, the compressions performed in geriatric patients should be deeper than that performed in nongeriatric patients to deliver high-quality chest compressions and thus achieve sufficient cardiac output.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2). 12 Além disso, imagiologicamente a hiperinsuflação que ocorre nos idosos não apresenta sinais inflamatórios associados e a capacidade pulmonar total permanece inalterada. 1…”
Section: Copley S J Et Al (2016)unclassified
“…13 Segundo um dos artigos, estas opacidades são relativamente homogéneas e reversíveis nas regiões basais do pulmão, possivelmente devido à inspiração superficial (hipoventilação) e alterações dependentes da posição do idoso. 12…”
Section: Opacidade Em Vidro Despolidounclassified
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