MINERAL HOMEOSTASIS IN ELDERLY: IDENTIFY PRIORITIES

提议的会议，“老年人的矿物质稳态”，是 由杜克老龄化和人类研究中心赞助， 开发，并将于1988年4月在塞尔 杜克医学院校园内的会议中心。 行政安排将由该司协调 杜克医学院的继续医学教育 会议将对科学家产生广泛的吸引力， 医学界的执业医师和营养学家。 会议的教职员工构成了一个杰出的群体， 在矿物质代谢的许多方面具有专业知识的科学家。 在整个会议期间，对当前研究的新方法 问题将得到解决，科学家之间的合作 将鼓励不同的学科。 会议将分为四个重点领域： 第一个将解决具体的机制，保持矿物 体内平衡，并将重点放在肠道吸收和饮食 老年人对矿物质的需求。 因此， 将为第二部分奠定基础，这将涉及改建 在矿物质代谢中起重要作用。 衰老对肠道钙摄取的影响，年龄相关 微量矿物质代谢的改变以及矿物质的变化 本节将考虑年龄要求。 第三， 矿物质代谢异常的病理后果 将得到解决。 新发现的作用 营养在骨质疏松症将被考虑和潜在的 由于饮食设计不当而导致的矿物质缺乏，或 住院老人的营养支持不足， 探讨了 第四部分将重点讨论以下方面的潜力： 矿物质平衡失调的营养干预。 的 营养疗法在治疗年龄相关性骨质流失中的作用， 免疫功能受损，以及其他异常， 以及确定营养成分的可能性 并会考虑为体弱长者提供的服务。 与会发言人的会后会议将于 制定一份关于研究需求的共识声明。 一 结论摘要将作为特别报告提交 在美国老年医学会杂志上， 成为会议议程的一部分。

The proposed conference, "Mineral Homeostasis in the Elderly", is sponsored by the Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development and will be presented in April of 1988 at the Searle Conference Center on the campus of Duke Medical School. Administrative arrangements will be coordinated by the Division of Continuing Medical Education in the Duke School of Medicine. The conference will have broad appeal for scientists, as well as practicing physicians and nutritionists in the medical community. The faculty of the conference constitute an outstanding group of scientists with expertise in many aspects of mineral metabolism. Throughout the conference, new approaches to current research questions will be addressed and collaboration between scientists of different disciplines will be encouraged. The conference will be divided into four areas of emphasis: the first will address specific mechanisms which maintain mineral homeostasis and will focus on intestinal uptake and dietary requirements for minerals in the elderly. Thus the ground work will be laid for the second section, which will concern alterations in mineral metabolism which occur as a consequence of aging. The effects of aging on intestinal uptake of calcium, age-related alterations in trace mineral metabolism, and changes in mineral requirements with age will be considered in this section. Thirdly, the pathological consequences of aberrant mineral metabolism will be addressed. New discoveries concerning the role of nutrition in osteoporosis will be considered and the potential for mineral deficiencies as a result of poorly designed diets or inadequate nutritional support of the hospitalized elderly will be explored. The fourth section will focus on the potential for nutritional intervention in disorders of mineral homeostasis. The role of nutritional therapy in treating age-related bone loss, impaired immune function, and other abnormalities will be addressed and the possibility of determining nutritional requirements for the frail elderly will be considered. A post-conference meeting of the participating speakers will be held to develop a consensus statement of research needs. A summary of the conclusions will be submitted as a special report in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, and will also become a part of the conference proceedings.