Screening and Prevention in Geriatric Medicine, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
Screening and Prevention in Geriatric Medicine, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Author: Danelle Cayea

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2017-11-19

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 0323569811

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This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Guest Edtied by Drs. Danelle Cayea and Samuel C. Durso, is devoted to Screening and Prevention in Geriatric Medicine. Articles in this issue include: The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit; Individualized Cancer Screening; Frailty; Medication Appropriateness; Geriatric Syndromes; Mental Health; Cardiovascular Screening; Preoperative Screening; Safety; Substance Use Disorders; Sexuality; Vaccines; and Excercise.

Screening and Prevention in Geriatric Medicine, an Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
Screening and Prevention in Geriatric Medicine, an Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Author: Danelle Cayea

Publisher:

Published: 2017-12-05

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 9780323569804

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This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Guest Edtied by Drs. Danelle Cayea and Samuel C. Durso, is devoted to Screening and Prevention in Geriatric Medicine. Articles in this issue include: The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit; Individualized Cancer Screening; Frailty; Medication Appropriateness; Geriatric Syndromes; Mental Health; Cardiovascular Screening; Preoperative Screening; Safety; Substance Use Disorders; Sexuality; Vaccines; and Excercise.

Pathy's Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine
Pathy's Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine

Author: Alan J. Sinclair

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 3453

ISBN-13: 1119954142

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This new edition of the comprehensive and renowned textbook Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine offers a fully revised and updated review of geriatric medicine. It covers the full spectrum of the subject, features 41 new chapters, and provides up-to-date, evidence-based, and practical information about the varied medical problems of ageing citizens. The three editors, from UK, USA and France, have ensured that updated chapters provide a global perspective of geriatric medicine, as well as reflect the changes in treatment options and medical conditions which have emerged since publication of the 4th edition in 2006. The book includes expanded sections on acute stroke, dementia, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory diseases, and features a new section on end-of-life care. In the tradition of previous editions, this all-encompassing text continues to be a must-have text for all clinicians who deal with older people, particularly geriatric medical specialists, gerontologists, researchers, and general practitioners. This title is also available as a mobile App from MedHand Mobile Libraries. Buy it now from Google Play or the MedHand Store. Praise for the 4th edition: "...an excellent reference for learners at all clinical and preclinical levels and a useful contribution to the geriatric medical literature." —Journal of the American Medical Association, November 2006 5th edition selected for 2012 Edition of Doody's Core TitlesTM

Polypharmacy, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
Polypharmacy, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Author: Mary Ann E. Zagaria

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2017-04-12

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 0323528414

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This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest edited by Mary Ann Zagaria, PharmD, is devoted to Polypharmacy. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Support for Medication Therapy Management (Enhanced Medication Therapy Management): Testing Strategies for Improving Medication Use Among Beneficiaries Enrolled in Medicare Part D; The Role of Patient Preferences in Deprescribing; Polypharmacy Reduction Strategies: Tips on Incorporating American Geriatrics Society Beers and Screening Tool of Older People’s Prescriptions Criteria; Polypharmacy and Delirium in Critically Ill Older Adults: Recognition and Prevention; Geriatric Polypharmacy: Pharmacist as Key Facilitator in Assessing for Falls Risk; Medication Reconciliation in Long-Term Care and Assisted Living Facilities: Opportunity for Pharmacists to Minimize Risks Associated with Transitions of Care; Can Managed Care Manage Polypharmacy?; Medication Risk Mitigation: Coordinating and Collaborating with Health Care Systems, Universities, and Researchers to Facilitate the Design and Execution of Practice-Based Research; and Geriatric Polypharmacy: Two Physicians’ Personal Perspectives.

Falls Prevention, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
Falls Prevention, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Author: Steven Castle

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2019-04-08

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 0323678572

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This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Guest Edited by Dr. Steven Castle, is devoted to Falls Prevention. Articles in this important issue include: Key components of exercise programs in community to prevent falls; Potential reasons deaths from falls in older adults have doubled in the past decade; Link between Primary care and community-based balance exercise programs; Role of foot orthoses and shoe insoles at improving mobility and balance; Blood Pressure control and falls risk; Optimizing function and physical activity in hospitalized older adults to prevent functional decline and falls; Delirium as it relates to falls; Virtual sitters; Redesigning a Fall Prevention Program in Acute Care: Building on Evidence; and Nursing Unit Design and Hospital Falls.

Healthy Aging, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine , E-Book
Healthy Aging, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine , E-Book

Author: Susan M. Friedman

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2020-11-28

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0323757219

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This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest edited by Dr. Susan Friedman, is devoted to Healthy Aging. Articles in this issue include: Healthy Aging Across the Stages of Old Age, How Geriatric Principles Inform Healthy Aging, Multimorbidity, Function and Cognition in Aging, Preserving Cognition, Preventing Dementia, Preserving Engagement, Nurturing Resilience, The Frailty Cycle: Reducing frailty to promote healthy aging, Addressing Obesity to Promote Healthy Aging, Lifestyle (Medicine) and Healthy Aging, Nutrition and Healthy Aging, Physical Activity and Healthy Aging, Mindfulness, Stress, and Aging, The Role of Prevention in Healthy Aging, Best Practices for Promoting Healthy Aging, Getting from Here to There: Motivational Interviewing and Other Techniques to Promote Healthy Aging, and more.

Geriatric Otolaryngology, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
Geriatric Otolaryngology, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Author: Karen M. Kost

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2018-04-25

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 0323583555

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This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Guest Edited by Dr. Karen Kost, is devoted to Geriatric Otolaryngology. Articles in this issue include: Hearing Loss in the Elderly; Balance Disorders in the Elderly; Dysphagia in the Older Patient; The Aging Voice; Sleep-disordered Breathing; Rhinosinusitis and Allergies; Head and Neck Cancer in the Elderly; Cutaneous Malignancies; Thyroid Disorders; Anesthetic considerations in Geriatric Otolaryngology; and Frailty in Geriatric Otolaryngology.

Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine
Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine

Author: Jean-Pierre Michel

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 1393

ISBN-13: 0198701594

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The third edition of the definitive international reference book on all aspects of the medical care of older persons will provide every physician involved in the care of older patients with a comprehensive resource on all the clinical problems they are likely to encounter, as well as on related psychological, philosophical, and social issues.

Geriatric Emergency Medicine, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, E-Book
Geriatric Emergency Medicine, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, E-Book

Author: Christopher R. Carpenter

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2013-02-28

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1455771791

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This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine features expert clinical reviews on Geriatric Emergency Medicine which includes current information on topics such as palliative medicine and emergency care, alternative management strategies, transitions of care, the emergency department observation unit and the older patient, generalized weakness, altered mental status, trauma management, acute pain management, acute visual changes, orthopedic emergencies, dizziness, palpitations, acute stroke syndromes, abuse and neglect, and electrolyte and endocrine emergencies.

Successful Aging , An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
Successful Aging , An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Author: Vincent Morelli

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2011-11-28

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1455709336

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This issue provides a unique perspective on the topic of Successful Aging whcih will cover article topics such as: Normal Aging: Theories, Aging and Disease Prevention, Aging, hormones and hormone replacement, Aging and Diet, Aging and the Effects of Vitamins and Supplements, Aging and Toxins, Aging and the Preservation of Neurologic Function, Aging and the Psychological Outlook, Aging and Exercise, State of the Art "Anti Aging Centers" Around the World, and Interviews, anecdotes and wisdom from centurions in the US.