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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Main Author: Ciro Manzo
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Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2025-06-01
Series:Geriatric Care
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Online Access:https://www.pagepressjournals.org/gc/article/view/13672
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description 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
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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
url https://www.pagepressjournals.org/gc/article/view/13672
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