Brocklehurst's textbook of geriatric medicine and gerontology / [edited by] Howard M. Fillit, Kenneth Rockwood, Kenneth Woodhouse.

Format Electronic
Edition7th ed.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier,
Descriptionxxviii, 1119 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Clinical Medicine 2010 [EBCCM10]
Subjects
Geriatrics.
Gerontology.
Geriatrics.
Aging.

Other author/creatorFillit, Howard.
Other author/creatorRockwood, Kenneth.
Other author/creatorWoodhouse, K. W.
Other author/creatorBrocklehurst, J. C. (John Charles), 1924-2013.
Portion of title Textbook of geriatric medicine and gerontology
Portion of title Geriatric medicine and gerontology
SeriesExpert consult. Online and print
Contents Introduction: aging, frailty, and geriatric medicine -- The epidemiology of aging -- The future of old age -- Evolution theory and the mechanisms of aging -- Methodological problems of research in older people -- Biology of aging -- Genetic mechanisms of aging -- Cellular mechanisms of aging -- Physiology of aging -- A clinico-mathematical model of aging -- The premature aging syndrome Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria: insights into normal aging -- Connective tissues and aging -- Clinical immunology: immune senescence and the acquired immune deficiency of aging -- Effects of aging on the cardiovascular system -- Age-related changes in the respiratory system -- Neurologic signs in the elderly -- Geriatirc gastroenterology: overview -- Aging of the urinary tract -- Bone and joint aging -- Aging and the endocrine system -- Aging and the blood -- Aging and the skin -- The pharmacology of aging -- Antiaging medicine -- The neurobiology of aging: free radical stress and metabolic pathways -- Allostasis and allostatic overload in the context of aging -- Neuroendocrinology of aging -- Normal cognitive aging -- The aging personality and self: diversity and health issues -- Successful aging: the centenarians -- Social gerontology -- Productive aging -- Social vulnerability in old age -- Presentation of disease in old age -- Multidimensional geriatric assessment -- Laboratory medicine in geriatrics -- Social assessment of geriatric patients -- Surgery and anesthesia in old age -- Measuring outcomes of multidimensional interventions -- Chronic cardiac failure -- Diagnosis and management of coronary artrery disease -- The frail elderly patient with heart disease -- Hypertension -- Valvular heart disease -- Cardiac arrhythmias -- Syncope -- Vascular surgery -- Venous thromboembolism in the elderly -- Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Nonobstructive lung disease and thoracic tumors --
Contents Dementia diagnosis -- Presentation and clinical management of dementia -- Neuropsychology in the diagnosis and treatment of dementia -- Alzheimer's disease -- Vascular cognitive impairment -- Frontotemporal dementia -- Functional psychiatric illness in old age -- The older adult with intellectual disability -- Epilepsy -- Headache and facial pain -- Stroke: epidemiology and pathology -- Stroke: clinical presentation, management and organization of services -- Disorders of the autonomic nervous system -- Parkinsonism and other movement disorders -- Neuromuscular disorders -- Intracranial tumors -- Disorders of the spinal cord and nerve roots -- Infections of the central nervous system -- Metabolic bone disease -- Arthritis in the elderly -- Connective tissue diseases -- Orthopedic geriatrics -- Sarcopenia -- Podiatry -- Geriatric dentistry: maintaining oral health in the geriatric population -- The upper gastrointestinal tract -- The pancreas -- The liver -- Biliary tract diseases -- The small bowel -- The large bowel -- Nutrition in aging -- Obesity -- Diseases of the aging kidney -- Disorders of water, electrolyte, and mineral ion metabolism -- The prostate -- Gynecologic disorders in the elderly -- Cancer of the breast in the elderly -- Adrenal and pituitary disorders -- Disorders of the thyroid -- Disorders of the parathyroid glands -- Diabetes mellitus -- Blood disorders in the elderly -- Geriatric oncology -- Skin disease and old age -- Aging and disorders of the eye -- Disorders of hearing -- Health promotion for the community-living older adult -- Preventive and anticipatory care -- Sexuality in old age --
Contents Exercise for successful aging -- Injury in older people -- Rehabilitation: therapy techniques -- Rehabilitation: general principles -- Geriatric pharmacotherapy and polypharmacy -- Impaired mobility -- Falls -- Delirium -- Constipation and fecal incontinence in old age -- Urinary incontinence -- Pressure sores -- Sleep, aging, and late-life insomnia -- Malnutrition in older adults -- The mistreatment and neglect of older people -- Pain in the older adult -- Palliative medicine for the elderly patient -- Ethical issues in geriatric medicine -- The elderly in society: an international perspective -- Geriatrics in Europe -- Geriatrics in North America -- Geriatrics in the rest of the world -- Geriatrics in Latin America -- Long-term care in the United Kingdom -- Institutional long-term care in the United States -- Education in geriatric medicine -- Improving quality of care in the United Kingdom -- Preserving medicare through a "quality" focus -- Managed care for older Americans -- Telemedicine applications in geriatrics.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009008517
ISBN9781416062318
ISBN1416062319

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