This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest edited by Drs. Sidney S. Braman and Gwen S. Skloot, is devoted to Pulmonary Disease in the Aging Patient. Articles in this issue include: The Effects of Aging on Lung Structure and Function; Immunosenescence and the Lungs; Epidemiology of Lung Disease in the Elderly; The Evaluation of Dyspnea in the Elderly; Asthma in the Elderly; COPD in the Elderly Patient; Pulmonary Vascular Diseases in the Elderly; Granulomatous Lung Diseases in the Elderly; Lung Cancer in the Older Patient; Sleep Disorders in the Elderly; Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in the Older Patient; and Co-morbidities of Lung Disease in the Elderly.
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Table of Contents
Clinics in Geriatric MedicinePulmonary Disease in the Aging Patient
Preface: Pulmonary Disease in the Aging Patient
The Effects of Aging on Lung Structure and Function
Inflammaging and the Lung
Lung Diseases of the Elderly: Cellular Mechanisms
Epidemiology of Lung Disease in Older Persons
Evaluation of Dyspnea in the Elderly
Asthma in the Elderly
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Elderly Patients
Pulmonary Vascular Diseases in the Elderly
Lung Cancer in the Older Patient
Sleep in the Elderly: Unanswered Questions
Comorbidities of Lung Disease in the Elderly
