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Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine
A Practical Clinical Guide
Jayna Holroyd-Leduc (Edited by), Madhuri Reddy (Edited by)
9781444337181, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 13 April 2012
208 pages
24.4 x 18.8 x 1 cm, 0.445 kg
“This is a good book for lay caregivers and support personnel training to provide care, as it includes many options for consideration.” (Doody’s, 10 August 2012)
The latest addition to the Evidence-Based Book series, Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine provides non-geriatrician clinicians an overview of key topics central to the care of the older patient. This guide focuses on the management of common problems in the elderly taking into account their life situations as well as treatment of specific conditions. Leading geriatricians with expertise in evidence-based medicine utilize the best available evidence and present this information in a concise, easy-to-use, question-based format. Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine is a unique guide to the optimum management of older patients.
List of contributors, vi Foreword, ix 1 Function and frailty: the cornerstones of geriatric assessment, 1 2 Computer-based clinical decision support systems in the care of older patients, 13 3 Simplifying the pillbox: drugs and aging, 25 4 Breathing easier: respiratory disease in the older adult, 43 5 Breathing easier: an approach to heart failure in a patient with an aging heart, 58 6 Clarifying confusion: prevention and managing delirium, 65 7 Preserving the memories: managing dementia, 73 8 Enjoying the golden years: diagnosing and treating depression, 94 9 A balancing act: preventing and treating falls, 105 10 Keeping dry: managing urinary incontinence, 124 11 Keeping things moving: preventing and managing constipation, 140 12 Preventing and treating pressure ulcers, 155 13 Elder Abuse, 166 14 A good death: appropriate end-of-life care, 175 Index, 187
Sharon Straus
Paige K. Moorhouse & Kenneth Rockwood
Marina Martin & Mary K. Goldstein
Sudeep S. Gill & Dallas P. Seitz
Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer
Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc, Madhuri Reddy, & Anita Asgar
Ranjani Aiyar & Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc
Dallas P. Seitz, Philip E. Lee, Sudeep S. Gill, & Paula A. Rochon
Jane Pearce & Stuart Carney
Emily Kwan & Sharon Straus
Cara Tannenbaum
Dov Gandell & Shabbir M.H. Alibhai
Madhuri Reddy, Sudeep S. Gill, Sunila R. Kalkar, Wei Wu, & Paula A. Rochon
Erik J. Lindbloom, Landon D. Hough, & Karli R.E. Urban
Cari Levy & Jean S. Kutner
Subject Areas: Other branches of medicine [MM]
