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Multimorbidity in rheumatic conditions

In recent years, multimorbidity in rheumatic conditions has gained increasing attention. Rheumatologist care for an aging patient population with multiple diseases, therefore multimorbidity is the rule, not the exception. Owing to the high prevalence and the potential interaction of coexisting disea...

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Autor principal: Radner, Helga
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Vienna 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5104809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27738754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-016-1090-x
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description In recent years, multimorbidity in rheumatic conditions has gained increasing attention. Rheumatologist care for an aging patient population with multiple diseases, therefore multimorbidity is the rule, not the exception. Owing to the high prevalence and the potential interaction of coexisting diseases, multimorbidity needs to be taken into account when treating patients with chronic inflammatory conditions. In this review we address the most prevalent comorbidities in patients with rheumatic conditions and their impact on important outcomes, such as physical function, quality of life, and mortality.
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spelling pubmed-51048092016-11-25 Multimorbidity in rheumatic conditions Radner, Helga Wien Klin Wochenschr Review Article In recent years, multimorbidity in rheumatic conditions has gained increasing attention. Rheumatologist care for an aging patient population with multiple diseases, therefore multimorbidity is the rule, not the exception. Owing to the high prevalence and the potential interaction of coexisting diseases, multimorbidity needs to be taken into account when treating patients with chronic inflammatory conditions. In this review we address the most prevalent comorbidities in patients with rheumatic conditions and their impact on important outcomes, such as physical function, quality of life, and mortality. Springer Vienna 2016-10-13 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5104809/ /pubmed/27738754 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-016-1090-x Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5104809/
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