caa a22 4500 606191143 CHVBK 20210128100858.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00391-015-0863-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00391-015-0863-6 Differences in evaluation between geriatric and adult patients requiring pulmonary consultation [Elektronische Daten] [Gulistan Karadeniz, Melike Demir, Halide Kaya, Yusuf Yesil, Semih Degerli, Derya Yenibertiz] Unterschiede in der Evaluierung geriatrischer und erwachsener Patienten im Rahmen von pulmonologischen Konsiliaruntersuchungen Objective: The main aim of the study was to investigate the effects of age in pulmonary consultation and to evaluate differences between geriatric and adult patients. Material and methods: Consultation referrals to the clinic of chest diseases for patients from emergency, inpatient and outpatient clinics of a tertiary care general hospital between December 2010 and April 2011 were examined retrospectively. The patients were divided into two groups, namely those aged 65 years and over (geriatric patients) and those under the age of 65 years (adults). Results: Out of 272 patients 135 (49.6 %) were geriatric patients and 137 (50.4 %) were adult patients. The mean age of the geriatric patients and adults was 75.6 ± 7.1 years and 49.7 ± 11.8 years, respectively. While the geriatric patients showed a significantly higher presence of pathologies in chest radiography, respiratory complaints and concomitant diseases compared to the adult group, the respiratory function test results were lower. The complaint of shortness of breath was higher in the geriatric group compared to the adult group (71 % in geriatric patients and 59.1 % in adults). The most common diagnosis was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, 37 %) in the geriatric patients and asthma (27.7 %) in the adult patients. As to the results of consultations, treatment-oriented recommendations were given for 63 (46.6 %) geriatric patients and approval for operation was given for 75 (54.7 %) adult patients. Conclusion: Consultants should take the age of patients into consideration during evaluation in order to achieve the most appropriate treatment plan for these patients and reduce the potential postoperative complications to a minimum. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Geriatric nationallicence Pulmonary consultation nationallicence Respiratory function test nationallicence Retrospective study nationallicence Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease nationallicence Geriatrie nationallicence Pulmonologisches Konsil nationallicence Lungenfunktionsuntersuchung nationallicence Retrospektive Studie nationallicence Chronisch obstruktive Lungenerkrankung nationallicence Karadeniz Gulistan Department of Pulmonology, Sifa University, 35020, İzmir, Turkey aut Demir Melike Department of Pulmonology, Dicle University, 21020, Yenisehir/Diyarbakir, Turkey aut Kaya Halide Department of Pulmonology, Dicle University, 21020, Yenisehir/Diyarbakir, Turkey aut Yesil Yusuf Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey aut Degerli Semih Anaesthesiology Reanimation Clinic, Kecioren Training and Research Hospital Ankara, Ankara, Turkey aut Yenibertiz Derya Department of Pulmonology, Acibadem University, 34010, Istanbul, Turkey aut Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie Springer Berlin Heidelberg 48/7(2015-10-01), 641-646 0948-6704 48:7<641 2015 48 391 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-015-0863-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-015-0863-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Karadeniz Gulistan Department of Pulmonology, Sifa University, 35020, İzmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Demir Melike Department of Pulmonology, Dicle University, 21020, Yenisehir/Diyarbakir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kaya Halide Department of Pulmonology, Dicle University, 21020, Yenisehir/Diyarbakir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yesil Yusuf Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Degerli Semih Anaesthesiology Reanimation Clinic, Kecioren Training and Research Hospital Ankara, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yenibertiz Derya Department of Pulmonology, Acibadem University, 34010, Istanbul, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie Springer Berlin Heidelberg 48/7(2015-10-01), 641-646 0948-6704 48:7<641 2015 48 391