Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology presents the latest in diagnosis and management of disorders affecting the elderly.

Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology has been significantly reorganized to enhance:

• geriatric assessment skills
• general medical management
• management of specific diseases
• surgical management
• gender issues in clinical geriatrics
• and more

Featuring experts from geriatric medicine and gerontology, Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology provides a uniquely holistic approach for elder care.

Contents

Principles of Gerontology

1. The Biology of Aging and Longevity
2. Genetics of Age-Dependent Human Diseases
3. Immunology of Aging
4. Demography and Epidemiology
5. Psychosocial Aspects of Aging
6. Preventive Gerontology: Strategies for Optimizing Health Across the Life Span

Principles of Geriatric Care

7. Approach to Clinical Care of the Older Patient
8. Principles of Geriatric Assessment
9. Mental Status and Neurologic Examination in the Elderly
10. Assessment of Decisional Capacity and Competency
11. Diagnostic Tests
12. Principles of Screeing in Older Adults
13. The Health Care System
14. Acute Care
15. Critical Care in the Elderly: Optimizing Outcomes for Older Patients Admitted to Intensive Care
16. Subacute Care
17. Nursing Home Care
18. Community-Based Long-Term Care and Home Care
19. Medication Use
20. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Aging
21. Team Care
22. Families, Social Support, and Caregiving
23. Health Behaviors and Adherence
24. Geriatric Rehabilitation
25. Pain Management
26. Care of the Dying Patient
27. Legal Issues
28. Spirituality and the Elderly
29. Ethical Issues in Geriatric Medicine: Informed Consent, Surrogate Decision Making and Advance Care Planning
30. Perioperative Evaluation and Management
31. Anesthesia for Elderly Patients
32. Surgery in the Elderly Population

Organ Systems and Disease

33. Aging of the Cardiovascular System
34. Aging and Atherosclerosis
35. Coronary Heart Disease
36. Valvular Heart Disease
37. Heart Failure
38. Cardiac Arrhythmias in Elderly People: Advances in Diagnosis and Management
39. Peripheral Vascular Disease
40. Hypertension
41. Aging of the Respiratory System
42. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
43. Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease in the Elderly Population
44. Changes in Renal Function
45. Renal Disease
46. End-Stage Renal Disease
47. Disorders of Fluid Balance
48. Effect of Aging on Gastrointestinal Function
49. Hepatic, Biliary and Pancreatic Disease
50. Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders
51. Common Large Intestinal Disorders
52. Constipation in Older People
53. Oncology and Aging: General Principles of Cancer in the Elderly
54. Breast Disease
55. Prostate Cancer and the Geriatric Patient
56. Lung Cancer
57. Gastrointestinal Malignancies
58. Intracranial Neoplasms in Elderly People
59. Skin Cancer
60. Aging of the Hematopoietic System
61. Anemia
62. White Cell Disorders
63. Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Hodgkin's Disease, and Multiple Myeloma
64. Thrombotic and Hemorrphagic Disorders
65. Aging of the Endocrine System and Selected Endocrine Disorders
66. Thyroid Diseases
67. Diabetes Mellitus
68. Dyslipoproteinemia
69. Hyperparathyroidism and Paget's Disease of Bone
70. Aging of the Muscles and Joints
71. Biomechanics of Mobility in Older Adults
72. Excercise in Elderly People: Physiologic and Functional Effecs
73. Mobility
74. Osteoarthritis
75. Osteoporosis
76. Hip Fractures
77. Myopathies, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, and Giant Cell Arteritis
78. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Autoimmune Diseases
79. Back Pain and Spinal Stenosis
80. Common Foot Problems
81. Other Arthropathies and Regional Musculoskeletal Disorders
82. Infection in the Elderly
83. Pneumonia
84. Tuberculosis
85. Urinary Tract Infections in the Elderly
86. Infections of the Nervous System
87. Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Sydrome
88. Zoster
89. Influenza

Cross Cutting Domains

Chapters 90-103

Neuropsychiatry

Chapters 104-115

Geriatric Sydromes

Chapters 116-125

Index

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