{Reference Type}: English Abstract
{Title}: [Geriatric failure to thrive: between illusory diagnosis and clinical reality].
{Author}: Bretelle F;Nicot P;Arcani R;Horowitz T;Comon M;Garrido V;Daumas A;Bonin-Guillaume S;
{Journal}: Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil
{Volume}: 0
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: 2024 Jun 1
{Factor}: 0.667
{DOI}: 10.1684/pnv.2024.1169
{Abstract}: The geriatric failure to thrive, a controversial French concept not present in the international literature, was first characterized by Jean Carrié in 1956. It is described as a process of aging and physical and psychological decline associated with advanced age, manifesting as a pronounced overall deterioration. In this case report, we present the case of an 88-year-old patient, admitted to a general medicine service for geriatric failure to thrive, whose management eventually leads to the diagnosis of endocarditis with digestive cancer complicated by a characterized depressive episode. This case prompts us to consider the geriatric failure to thrive with extreme caution and challenges the legitimacy of such a diagnosis in the context of an aging population and the progress of medical sciences.