Open image in new window Fig. 11 An elderly 80-year-old male with multiple comorbidities underwent endoscopic treatment of choledocholithiasis, including pre-cut sphincterotomy of the Vaterian papilla and stone retrieval using a basket device.
Patients undergoing TAVR often suffer from multiple comorbidities, and their postoperative course may be complicated by a unique set of complications that may become evident in the intensive care unit (ICU).
As hip fracture surgery is primarily undertaken on elderly patients, most of the patients undergoing the procedure are likely to have multiple comorbidities in the form of hypertension, diabetes, respiratory, metabolic or cardiac diseases.
The elderly undergo cardiac surgery more and more frequently, often present multiple comorbidities, assume chronic therapies, and present a unique physiology.
Patients who undergo autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) for hematologic malignancies frequently have multiple comorbidities.
Since patients with multiple comorbidities tend to be older and sicker, 10 we observed that patients were less likely to have undergone coronary revascularization procedures as the frequency of cardiac or noncardiac comorbidities increased.
Fortunately, the doctors who care for my multiple comorbidities are among the latter group.
The data is broad, covering conditions seemingly unrelated to kidney function, because kidney injuries are both more common and more serious in patients with multiple comorbidities.
Many patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) are elderly, have multiple comorbidities and take several concomitant medications.
Multiple comorbidities related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) make it a difficult disease to treat.
