Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic inflammatory diseases with increasing prevalence in elderly patients. Multiple comorbidities associated with polypharmacy are to be considered in such patients and impose some limitations in the diagnosis and treatment of IBD. This literature minireview has the purpose of highlighting the particularities of the diagnosis and treatment of IBD in elderly patients. Frailty and sarcopenia are key findings in the geriatric population and need careful consideration and proper therapeutic approach when constructing the diagnosis protocol and treatment regimen in elderly patients with IBD. Considering that the treatment options for IBD in elderly patients are quite extensive, adherence to treatment is expected to be attained. Diagnosing this pathology in the elderly patients’ group poses a great responsibility in weighing the risks and benefits of the procedures, as well as costs of hospitalization and comorbidities that can impede a timely diagnosis.

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Cardiac tumors represent a rare and challenging clinical situation. They can be primary (benign or malignant) or secondary (metastatic). Secondary tumors are more frequent than the primary tumors. Most of the primary cardiac tumors are benign and originate from the endocardium or myocardium, while the metastatic tumors develop from lung, breast, kidney carcinoma, melanoma and lymphoma. The diagnosis of cardiac tumors is often difficult because of their rarity, variety and nonspecific symptoms. The clinical manifestations depend on tumor’s size, location, infiltration and consist of four categories: systemic manifestations, cardiac manifestations, embolic events, and metastatic manifestations. Echocardiography represents the main imaging technique used to detect cardiac masses. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to achieve more information about tumor’s composition, extension, vascularization, and possibility of surgical treatment. The histological evaluation is necessary for a positive diagnosis and staging of the cardiac tumor. The treatment of cardiac tumors depends on the type of tumor and symptomatology.

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic inflammatory diseases with increasing prevalence in elderly patients. Multiple comorbidities associated with polypharmacy are to be considered in such patients and impose some limitations in the diagnosis and treatment of IBD. This literature minireview has the purpose of highlighting the particularities of the diagnosis and treatment of IBD in elderly patients. Frailty and sarcopenia are key findings in the geriatric population and need careful consideration and proper therapeutic approach when constructing the diagnosis protocol and treatment regimen in elderly patients with IBD. Considering that the treatment options for IBD in elderly patients are quite extensive, adherence to treatment is expected to be attained. Diagnosing this pathology in the elderly patients’ group poses a great responsibility in weighing the risks and benefits of the procedures, as well as costs of hospitalization and comorbidities that can impede a timely diagnosis.

Vitamins are substances necessary to sustain life, with many functions. Vitamins must be obtained from food, as they are either not made in the body at all or are not made in sufficient quantities for growth, vitality and wellbeing. Lack of a particular vitamin can lead to incomplete metabolism, fatigue and other important health problems. Deficiency of a vitamin causes symptoms which can be cured by that vitamin. Large doses of vitamins may slow or ever reverse diseases such as cancer, osteoporosis, nerve degeneration and heart disease.