Toward a Comprehensive Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Approach to Fatigue in the Elderly

• Autores: Vincent Morelli
• Localización: Clinics in geriatric medicine, ISSN 0749-0690, Vol. 27, Nº. 4, 2011, págs. 687-692
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article provides primary care physicians with an encompassing approach to fatigue to help generate a comprehensive differential diagnosis. Two-thirds of patients with fatigue will have an identifiable cause that can be elucidated with a careful history and appropriate laboratory tests. Accordingly, a wide range of differential diagnoses is presented.