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Reduced symptoms and signs

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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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