by Thomas Rosenthal
Office Care Geriatrics provides clinicians and students with evidence-based strategies for the care of older patients.
Features:
- Differential diagnosis list included in every chapter
- Management recommendations are accompanied by "strength of evidence" statements that support the clinician's confidence in choosing treatments
- Special index for signs, symptoms and anatomy to provide quick answers to problems as patients present them
- Chapters focus on issues of sleep, appetite, sexuality, body changes, stamina, physiology, and personality changes expected in healthy aging
- Treatment recommendations include the standard medical tools augmented by modifications in activities, diet and exercise important to reducing morbidity
Contents
Caring for the Older Patient: Management Principles
- Principles of Care for Older Persons
- Office-Based Caregiver Support
- Rational Drug Therapy in the Elderly
- Pain Control
- Loss and Bereavement in the Elderly
- Management of the Surgical Patient
- Substance Abuse
- Elder Abuse: "It Shouldn't Hurt To Be Old"
Functional Consequences of Common Syndromes
- Weight Loss in the Elderly Patient
- Visual Impairment in the Elderly
- Hearing Difficulty
- Dizziness, Syncope, and Falls in the Elderly
- Low Back Pain in the Elderly
- Urinary Disorders
- Sexual Function and the Older Adult
- Evaluation and Treatment of Depression
- Delirium
- Chronic Memory Impairment
- Sleep Disorders
- Schizophrenia and Anxiety in Late Age
Chronic Disease in the Older Patient
- Musculoskeletal Problems in the Elderly
- Metabolic Bone Disease
- Hypertension and Lipid Disorders
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Cardiac Disease
- Heart Failure
- Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke
- Tremor
- Pulmonary Disease in the Elderly
- Renal Function and Failure
- Gynecology and Breast Disease
- Diabetes and Thyroid Disorders in the Elderly
- Immune and Inflammatory Disease in Older Adults
- Oral Conditions
- Common Dermatologic Conditions in Aging
- Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: An Evidence-Based Approach
- Neoplastic Disease
- Hematology
- Common Infections in the Elderly
- Common Gastrointestinal Disorders in the Elderly
Index
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