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Drug therapy in old age / edited by Charles F. George ... [and others].
LIBRA RC953.7 .D773 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geriatric pharmacology.
- Drug Therapy.
- Aged.
- Medical Subjects:
- Drug Therapy.
- Aged.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 669 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester ; New York : John Wiley, [1998]
- Summary:
- A practical, concise and accurate guide to the use of drug therapy in the elderly. Covering a wide array of body systems and drug types, this up-to-date volume is the only book available that provides an international perspective of the topic.
- Contents:
- 1 Medicine taking by elderly people: an overview / Dee Jones, Chris Poole 1
- 2 Ageing physiology / John E. Clague, Michael A. Horan 23
- 3 Pharmacokinetics / Mark T. Kinirons, Alastair J.J. Wood 39
- 4 Biochemical pharmacology of ageing / Ken W. Woodhouse 47
- 5 Pharmacodynamics / Gary A. Ford, Brian B. Hoffman, Terrence F. Blashcke 59
- 6 Adverse drug reactions in the elderly / Una Martin, Charles F. George 73
- 7 The ethics of biomedical research in the elderly / Adela Williams, Michael J. Denham 87
- 8 Ischaemic heart disease / Andrew T. Elder, Keith A.A. Fox 99
- 9 Chronic heart failure / Barry J. Cusack, Richard D. Olson, Charles E. Eiriksson 125
- 10 Hypertension / Kenneth W.T. Tsang, Christopher J. Bulpitt 149
- 11 Peripheral vascular disease / Louis J. Fligelstone, Ian F. Lane 175
- 12 Cardiac arrhythmias / Michael Reardon, A.J. Camm 187
- 13 Infective endocarditis / Celia M. Oakley 201
- 14 The prevention of stroke / David W. Dunbabin 215
- 15 The acute management of stroke / Christopher S. Gray, Janice E. O'Connell 227
- 16 Dementia / Antony Bayer 243
- 17 Confusion / William J. MacLennan 265
- 18 Pharmacotherapy of idiopathic parkinsonism / Asha Vijayaraghavan, Donald B. Calne 277
- 19 Depression / Cornelius L.E. Katona 285
- 20 Psychoses and the elderly / Brian Ballinger, David Findlay 303
- 21 Anaesthesia / G.A.D. Rees 315
- 22 Pain management / Robert D. Helme, Benny Katz 333
- 23 Epilepsy / Raymond Tallis 351
- 24 Metabolic bone disease / F. H. Anderson, R.M. Francis 365
- 25 Arthritis / Peter M. Brooks, Richard O. Day 387
- 26 Airways obstruction / Sarah Keir, Lindsey Dow 401
- 27 Thromboembolism / P.A. Routledge, Hamsaraj G.M. Shetty 413
- 28 Infections of the airways and lungs / Susan Murphy, D. Coakley 423
- 29 Drugs and the ageing mouth / Angus W.G. Walls 437
- 30 Dyspepsia and peptic ulcer disease / Mark A. Hull, Christopher J. Hawkey 449
- 31 Nausea, vomiting and gastrointestinal motility problems / Hamsaraj G.M. Shetty 469
- 32 Drugs affecting large bowel motility / Mujtaba Hasan 479
- 33 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic disease / S.K. Vyas, M.J.P. Arthur 487
- 34 Thyroid / J.H. Lazarus 511
- 35 Drug therapy for the aged diabetic / Alan J. Sinclair 517
- 36 Hormone replacement therapy / S.C. Steele, R.M. Francis 529
- 37 The prostate / David E. Neal 541
- 38 Incontinence / C.M. Castleden, T.G. Robinson 557
- 39 Urinary tract infection / C.R. Catchpole, T.S.J. Elliott 569
- 40 Vertigo / K.S. Sirimanna, S.D.G. Stephens 585
- 41 Glaucoma / J.D.A. MacLeod, A.R. Elkington 591
- 42 Cytotoxic chemotherapy for elderly patients with solid tumours / F. Little, D.I. Jodrell 601
- 43 Chemotherapy of haematological malignancies / Drew Provan, J. Graham Smith 623
- 44 Terminal care / Richard Hillier, Carol L. Davis 639.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0471941492
- OCLC:
- 36961363
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