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6143985

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8385
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
Within 1 year six elderly patients (aged 80-89 years) were admitted because of non-specific deterioration in mental or physical well-being. In no instance was hepatobiliary disease suspected at the time of hospital admission. One patient presented with intermittent confusion only. The other five were referred with "falls" or having "gone off legs", with malaise, confusion, or incontinence. All had raised alkaline phosphatase levels of 159-1230 IU/l, which led to investigation of the biliary tree. At endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography all were shown to have biliary disease (three common duct stones, one gallbladder calculus, one an abscess, and one a widely dilated common bileduct ). With appropriate treatment (endoscopic sphincterotomy for two, surgery for two, and antibiotics alone for two), all showed a gratifying return of mobility and mental function. Biliary disease is a treatable cause of chronic ill health in the elderly and should be excluded, even in the absence of "classical" symptoms, when there is abnormal liver function.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0140-6736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1062-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Gallstones presenting as mental and physical debility in the elderly.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports