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Office Care Geriatrics

by: Rosenthal, Thomas C.; Williams, Mark E.; Naughton, Bruce J.

Office Care Geriatrics

by: Rosenthal, Thomas C.; Williams, Mark E.; Naughton, Bruce J.

ISBN 13:
9780781761963
ISBN 10:
0781761964
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 06/21/2006
Publisher: LWW

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Summary

This practical, ready-access reference provides clinicians and students with evidence-based strategies for the care of older patients. The book is organized to yield quick answers to questions arising during the patient encounter. The contributors offer pragmatic management guidelines appropriate for the complexities of multiple problems and advanced age, and emphasize a disease management approach.

Contributors List

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

Color Insert

The Approach to the Elderly Patient

(17)

Mark E. Williams

Section I Caring for the Older Patient: Management Principles

Principles of Care for Older Persons

(10)

Mudanai Sabapathy

Bruce J. Naughton

Office-Based Caregiver Support

(12)

Jane Marie Thibault

James G. O'Brien

Rational Drug Therapy in the Elderly

(8)

Robert L. Dickman

Pain Control

(11)

Michael P. Temporal

Loss and Bereavement in the Elderly

(14)

Donald P. Bartlett

Marlon Russell Koenigsberg

Jeffrey M. Moll

Management of the Surgical Patient

(9)

Peter Pompei

Substance Abuse

(13)

Robert Mallin

Elder Abuse: ``It Shouldn't Hurt To Be Old''

(13)

Patricia A. Bomba

Section II Functional Consequences of Common Syndromes

Weight Loss in the Elderly Patient

108

(13)

Russell G. Robertson

Visual Impairment in the Elderly

121

(13)

Shariar Farzad

David Sarraf

Anne L. Coleman

Hearing Difficulty

134

(13)

Roseanne C. Berger

Robert F. Burkard

Dizziness, Syncope, and Falls in the Elderly

147

(15)

Richard Brunader

Janet Leah Retke

Low Back Pain in the Elderly

162

(13)

Kim Edward LeBlanc

Urinary Disorders

175

(21)

Richard J. Ackermann

Sexual Function and the Older Adult

196

(11)

Fran E. Kaiser

Evaluation and Treatment of Depression

207

(18)

Robin R. Whitebird

Richard L. Heinrich

Patrick J. O'Connor

Leif I. Solberg

Delirium

225

(11)

Sidney T. Bogardus, Jr.

Chronic Memory Impairment

236

(18)

Thomas C. Rosenthal

Sleep Disorders

254

(12)

Tarannum Alam

Cathy A. Alessi

Schizophrenia and Anxiety in Late Age

266

(10)

Kim S. Griswold

Section III Chronic Disease in the Older Patient

Musculoskeletal Problems in the Elderly

276

(17)

Kim Edward LeBlanc

Metabolic Bone Disease

293

(16)

Ailleen Heras-Herzig

Theresa A. Guise

Hypertension and Lipid Disorders

309

(11)

Vinod R. Patel

Thomas C. Rosenthal

Peripheral Arterial Disease

320

(15)

Gregory S. Cherr

Cardiac Disease

335

(19)

Tarek Helmy

Amar D. Patel

Nanette K. Wenger

Heart Failure

354

(9)

Richard W. Pretorius

Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke

363

(15)

William D. Smucker

Tremor

378

(17)

Lesley D. Wilkinson

Carol Stewart

Nancy Tyre

Pulmonary Disease in the Elderly

395

(19)

Eleanor M. Summerhill

Renal Function and Failure

414

(18)

Robert D. Lindeman

Gynecology and Breast Disease

432

(13)

Barbara A. Majeroni

Diabetes and Thyroid Disorders in the Elderly

445

(17)

Sara E. Young

Richelle J. Koopman

Arch G. Mainous III

Immune and Inflammatory Disease in Older Adults

462

(12)

David R. Thomas

Oral Conditions

474

(17)

Jude A. Fabiano

Common Dermatologic Conditions in Aging

491

(20)

Charles A. Cefalu

Lee Nesbitt

Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: An Evidence-Based Approach

511

(19)

Robert E. Pieroni

Neoplastic Disease

530

(16)

Kenneth G. Schellhase

Hematology

546

(8)

Gerald L. Logue

Common Infections in the Elderly

554

(9)

William A. Woolery

Common Gastrointestinal Disorders in the Elderly

563

(18)

Kristen M. Robson

Anthony Lembo

Index

581

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