Geriatrics & Gerontology

Geriatrics is a branch of medicine that focus on health prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases in later life and also on age-specific diseases. Gerontology studies aging process itself and its biologic, psychological and sociologic impact.

Geriatrics services in "Victor Babes" Clinic include : prophylaxis in the later life, diagnosis and treatment for acute conditions, monitoring for chronic diseases and geriatric rehabilitation. Prevention in the elderly is based on age-specific vaccinations (antiinfluenza, antipneumococcus), life-style adaptive changes (recommendations for nutrition, physical effort), maintaining functional autonomy, primary or secondary prevention for diseases with major impact on health status (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, osteoporosis, cancer).

doctors | medical costs

Dr. Iuliana Apostol de Jong - Specialist; PhD Student

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Clinical examination	150