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Dermatology
Practical Considerations in Older Patients with AD
This video from the March 2024 ADVENT AD symposium features Dr. Katrina Abuabara presenting on practical considerations in older patients with AD. Dr. Abuabara elaborates on several unique challenges faced by older adult patients with AD, including differential diagnoses and age-dependent clinical factors and decisions relevant to their disease management. She goes on to discuss the concept of “inflamm-aging” as it relates to systemic inflammatory markers and associated comorbidities in older adult patients, followed by a brief panel discussion.
MD, MA
Katrina Abuabara
Learning objectives
- Consider the ways older adult populations are vulnerable to AD-related systemic comorbidities which add to the combined burden of the disease
- Describe how treating older adults may be complicated by differential diagnoses, adherence challenges, and clinical considerations like polypharmacy
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MAT-GLB-2401592 - 1.0 - 04/2024
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Dermatology
Katrina Abuabara
MD, MA
Associate Professor of Dermatology | University of California San Francisco, California, US
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