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Brocklehurst's textbook of geriatric medicine and gerontology.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Expert consult. Online and printPublication details: Philadelphia, Pa. : Saunders, c2010.Edition: 7th ed. / Howard M. Fillit, Kenneth Rockwood, Kenneth WoodhouseDescription: xxviii, 1119 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781416062318 (hbk.) :
  • 9781416062318
  • 1416062319
Other title:
  • Textbook of geriatric medicine and gerontology
  • Geriatric medicine and gerontology [Portion of title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.97 22
  • Electronic
LOC classification:
  • RC952 .B75 2010
NLM classification:
  • 2010 G-426
  • WT 100
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 --
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 --
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.
Summary: The seventh edition of this classic title provides a comprehensive account of the scientific basis and best clinical practice of the rapidly expanding area of geriatric medicine. It places an increased emphasis on clinical practice.
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Previous ed.: published as by Raymond C. Tallis, Howard M. Fillit. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2003.

Includes Internet access.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 --

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 --

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.

The seventh edition of this classic title provides a comprehensive account of the scientific basis and best clinical practice of the rapidly expanding area of geriatric medicine. It places an increased emphasis on clinical practice.

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