Why should the Italian geriatrician be interested in elderly-onset inflammatory rheumatic diseases?
Inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs) may onset in patients over 65 years old, and some of them are absent in younger subjects. As the over-65-year-old population is growing, IRD prevalence is consequently increasing. As for today, incorporating a comprehensive assessment in IRD management is rare...
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Inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs) may onset in patients over 65 years old, and some of them are absent in younger subjects. As the over-65-year-old population is growing, IRD prevalence is consequently increasing. As for today, incorporating a comprehensive assessment in IRD management is rare, contrary to what happens in other areas of medicine. This brief communication stresses the main reasons why the Italian geriatrician should grow their interest in IRDs.
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| spelling | doaj-art-76b126e7b31f49cb9cbee6218d9471112025-08-20T02:40:22ZengPAGEPress PublicationsGeriatric Care2465-11092465-13972025-06-011110.4081/gc.2025.13672Why should the Italian geriatrician be interested in elderly-onset inflammatory rheumatic diseases?Ciro Manzo0Internal and Geriatric Medicine Department, Regional Health Authority Naples 3, Naples Inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs) may onset in patients over 65 years old, and some of them are absent in younger subjects. As the over-65-year-old population is growing, IRD prevalence is consequently increasing. As for today, incorporating a comprehensive assessment in IRD management is rare, contrary to what happens in other areas of medicine. This brief communication stresses the main reasons why the Italian geriatrician should grow their interest in IRDs. https://www.pagepressjournals.org/gc/article/view/13672Elderly-onset inflammatory rheumatic diseasesmultidimensional geriatric assessmentgeriatric syndromesgeriatrics 5Msgeriatric rheumatology |
| spellingShingle | Ciro Manzo Why should the Italian geriatrician be interested in elderly-onset inflammatory rheumatic diseases? Geriatric Care Elderly-onset inflammatory rheumatic diseases multidimensional geriatric assessment geriatric syndromes geriatrics 5Ms geriatric rheumatology |
| title | Why should the Italian geriatrician be interested in elderly-onset inflammatory rheumatic diseases? |
| title_full | Why should the Italian geriatrician be interested in elderly-onset inflammatory rheumatic diseases? |
| title_fullStr | Why should the Italian geriatrician be interested in elderly-onset inflammatory rheumatic diseases? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why should the Italian geriatrician be interested in elderly-onset inflammatory rheumatic diseases? |
| title_short | Why should the Italian geriatrician be interested in elderly-onset inflammatory rheumatic diseases? |
| title_sort | why should the italian geriatrician be interested in elderly onset inflammatory rheumatic diseases |
| topic | Elderly-onset inflammatory rheumatic diseases multidimensional geriatric assessment geriatric syndromes geriatrics 5Ms geriatric rheumatology |
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