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Principles and practice of geriatric medicine /

0470090553 (alk. paper)

9780470090558 (alk. paper)

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Principles and practice of geriatric medicine /

[Book]

editors, M.S. John Pathy, Alan J. Sinclair, John E. Morley

4th ed

Hoboken, NJ :

Wiley,

c2006

2 v. :

ill

Includes bibliographical references and index

Communication disorders in dementia -- Delirium -- Memory clinics -- Cellular changes in alzheimer's disease -- Clinical apsects of alzheimer's disease -- Mild cognitive impairment -- Vascular dementia -- Other dementias -- Treatment of behavioral disorders -- Geriatric psychiatry -- Organization of services in geriatric psychiatry -- Depression in late life: etiology, diagnosis and treatment -- The older patient with down's syndrome -- Drug misuse and the older person: a contradiction in terms? -- Disorders of the eye -- The epidemiology of hearing in aging population -- Auditory system -- Disorders of the vestibular system -- Smell and taste -- Age-related changes in calcium homeostasis and bone loss -- Paget's disease of bone -- Epidemiology of osteoporosis -- Osteoporosis and its consequences: a major threat to the quality of life in the elderly -- Gait, balance, and falls -- Foot problems in the elderly -- Hip fracture and orthogeriatrics -- Diseases of the joints -- Back pain -- Water and electrolyte balance in health and disease -- Endocrinology of aging -- The pituitary gland -- Thyroid disorders -- Ovarian and testicular function -- Type 2 diabetes mellitus in senior citizens -- Gynecology and the older patient -- The aging bladder -- Prostate diseases -- Urinary incontinence -- Renal diseases -- Cancer and aging -- Oncological emergencies and urgencies -- Breast cancer in the elderly -- Multidimensional geriatric assessment -- Function assessment scales -- Frailty -- Rehabilitation -- Skin disorders in the elderly -- Pressure ulceration -- Perioperative and postoperative medical assessment -- Anesthesia in older people -- Health issues in the aging female -- Antiaging -- Ethical issues -- Restraints and immobility -- Centenarians -- Diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology -- Infectious diseases -- Tuberculosis -- Infective endocarditis in the elderly -- Infections of the central nervous system -- Geriatric medicine education in Europe -- Education in geriatric medicine in the United Kingdom -- The contribution of family doctors to the primary care of older people: lessons from the British experience -- Carers and the role of the family -- Nurisng home care -- Clinical audit of health care -- Improving quality of care -- Resident assessment instrument/minimum data set -- Nursing (UK) -- Geriatric occupational therapy: focus on participation in meaningful daily living -- Systems of health care: the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia -- Geriatric day hospitals -- Health and care for older people in the United Kingdom -- Geriatrics in the United States -- Geriatrics and gerontology in Japan -- Care of the elderly in Israel: old age in young land -- Geriatric medicine in China -- Aging in developing countries -- Geriatrics from the European union perspective -- Delivery of health care in India -- Geriatrics in Latin America -- Management of the dying patient

Historical perspectives -- A biological perspective on aging -- Immunity and aging -- Physiology of aging -- Aging of the brain -- Psychological aspects of aging -- Neurochemistry of aging -- Neuropathology of aging -- The demography of aging -- Social and community aspects of aging -- Sexuality and aging -- Physical fitness and exercise -- Transportation, driving, and older adults -- Smoking in the elderly -- Alcohol use and abuse -- On the evolution of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the age class 75-84 years: a worldwide overview -- Elder abuse -- Smart homes -- Preventive geriatrics -- Polypharmacy, is this another disease? -- The problem-orientated approach to geriatric medicine -- Oral health -- Oral disease -- Epidemiology of nutrition and aging -- Absorption of nutrients -- The anorexia of aging -- Weight loss in older adults -- Dehydration -- Vitamins and minerals in the elderly -- Obesity in the elderly -- Changes in gastrointestinal motor and sensory function associated with aging -- Gastrointestinal bleeding -- Liver and gall bladder -- Sphincter function -- Constipation -- Diseases of the pancreas -- Anemia in older persons -- Disorders of hemostasis -- Disseminated intravascular coagulation -- Anticoagulants in the elderly -- Myelodysplasia -- Management of leukemia in the elderly -- Epidemiology of heart disease -- Cardiac aging and systemic disorders -- Arrhythmias in the elderly -- Ischemic heart disease in elderly persons -- Valvular disease in the elderly -- Hypertension -- Mechanisms of heart failure -- Heart failure in the elderly -- Management of acute cardiac emergencies and cardiac surgery -- Cardiac surgery in the elderly -- Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis -- Peripheral vascular disease in elderly persons -- Venous thromboembolism -- Cardiac cachexia -- Cardiac rehabilitation in older people -- Epidemiology of respiratory infection -- The effect of aging on the respiratory skeletal muscles -- Aspiration pneumonia -- Respiratory disease in the elderly -- Pulmonary rehabilitation -- Sleep disorders in elderly people -- Neurological signs of aging -- Headache in the elderly -- Parkinson's Disease and parkinsonism in the elderly -- Non parkinsonian movement disorders in the elderly -- Normal pressure hydrocephalus -- Epidemiology of stroke -- Management of carotid artery stenosis -- Acute stroke -- Secondary stroke -- Communication disorders and dysphagia -- Stroke rehabilitation -- Clinical psychology in physcial rehabilitation -- Epilespy -- Syncope and nonepileptic attacks -- Peripheral neuropathy -- Disorders of the neuromuscular junction -- Sarcopenia and sarcopenic-obesity -- Muscle disorders -- Motor neurone disease -- Abnormalities of the autonomic nervous system -- Control of chronic pain -- Cervical and lumbar spinal canal stenosis -- Spinovascular insufficiency -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Acute and chronic subdural hematoma

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The fourth edition of 'Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine' provides an account of the fundamental changes associated with ageing, which are essential to our understanding and management of the elderly sick population. The title has been updated to reflect in treatment options and medical conditions

Principles and practice of geriatric medicine.

Geriatrics

Geriatrics

Morely, John E

Pathy, M. S. J

Sinclair, Alan, (Alan J.)

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