Reduced symptoms and signs
Symptoms and signs are often reduced in older patients:
- lack of pain: myocardial infarction or bowel obstruction may be silent
- physical signs may be less obvious - there may be no significant tachycardia or fever in infection, when rectal temperatures are more reliable
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