Principles of geriatric medicine and gerontology / editors, William R. Hazzard ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hazzard, William R., 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geriatrics.

Gerontology.

Health Services for the Aged.

Medical Subjects:

Geriatrics.

Health Services for the Aged.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 1648 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill Professional, [2003]

Summary:

The definitive treatise of the specialty is here in a totally revised and updated new edition. Continues its tradition of presenting the latest in diagnosis and management of disorders affecting the elderly as it addresses the prevailing principles of gerontology. This orientation, which features experts from the fields of geriatric medicine and gerontology, provides for a uniquely holistic approach to elder care. Features expanded coverage of managing the nursing home patient, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, movement disorders, managing the multi-drug patient, menopause, healthcare issues in women, healthcare systems, coronary heart disease, and more.

Contents:

Part I Principles of Gerontology

1. The Biology of Aging and Longevity / Richard A. Miller 3

2. Genetics of Age-Dependent Human Diseases / Eugenia Wang 17

3. Immunology of Aging / Donna M. Murasko, Elizabeth M. Gardner 35

4. Demography and Epidemiology / Jack M. Guralnik, Luigi Ferrucci 53

5. Psychosocial Aspects of Aging / Thomas A. Glass, George L. Maddox 77

6. Preventive Gerontology: Strategies for Optimizing Health Across the Life Span / Elizabeth A. Phelan, Miguel A. Paniagua, William R. Hazzard 85

Part II Principles of Geriatric Care

7. Approach to Clinical Care of the Older Patient / Mary E. Tinetti 95

Section A Assessment

8. Principles of Geriatric Assessment / David B. Reuben 99

9. Mental Status and Neurologic Examination in the Elderly / Alireza Pakkar, Jeffrey L. Cummings 111

10. Assessment of Decisional Capacity and Competency / Margaret A. Drickamer 121

11. Diagnostic Tests / Marie-Florence Shadlen, Eric B. Larson 127

12. Principles of Screening in Older Adults / Louise C. Walter 137

Section B Organization of Care

13. The Health Care System / Eric A. Coleman 145

14. Acute Care / Robert M. Palmer, Stephen W. Meldon 157

15. Critical Care in the Elderly: Optimizing Outcomes for Older Patients Admitted to Intensive Care / Cari R. Levy, E. Wesley Ely 169

16. Subacute Care / Edward R. Marcantonio, Mark Yurkofsky 181

17. Nursing Home Care / Annette Medina-Walpole, Paul R. Katz 197

18. Community-Based Long-Term Care and Home Care / Bruce Leff 211

Section C General Management

19. Medication Use / Paula A. Rochon, Jerry H. Gurwitz 219

20. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Aging / Aviva D. Wertkin, Giovanni Cizza, Marc R. Blackman 231

21. Team Care / Ellen Flaherty, Kathryn Hyer, Terry Fulmer 243

22. Families, Social Support, and Caregiving / Toni C. Antonucci, Richard Schulz 255

23. Health Behaviors and Adherence / Sara Wilcox, Abby C. King 265

24. Geriatric Rehabilitation / Helen Hoenig, Toni M. Cutson 285

25. Pain Management / Bruce A. Ferrell, Joshua Chodosh 303

26. Care of the Dying Patient / Karl Lorenz, Joanne Lynn 323

27. Legal Issues / Julie A. Braun, Elizabeth A. Capezuti, Andrew D. Weinberg 335

28. Spirituality and the Elderly / Charles J. Fahey 347

29. Ethical Issues in Geriatric Medicine: Informed Consent, Surrogate Decision Making, and Advance Care Planning / Jason H. T. Karlawish, Bryan D. James 353

Section D Surgical Management

30. Perioperative Evaluation and Management / Peter V. Vaitkevicius, Marvin M. Kirsh, Mark B. Orringer 361

31. Anesthesia for Elderly Patients / G. Alec Rooke 373

32. Surgery in the Elderly Population / Mika Sinanan, Lillan Kao, Philip A. Vedovatti 385

Part III Organ Systems and Diseases

Section A Cardiology

33. Aging of the Cardiovascular System / George E. Taffet, Edward G. Lakatta 403

34. Aging and Atherosclerosis / William R. Hazzard, Mary Y. Chang, Alan Chait 423

35. Coronary Heart Disease / Eric Peterson, Daniel R. Bensimhon 433

36. Valvular Heart Disease / John Santinga 445

37. Heart Failure / Michael W. Rich 453

38. Cardiac Arrhythmias in Elderly People: Advances in Diagnosis and Management / Sanjeev Saksena, Vikram Jala Reddy 475

39. Peripheral Vascular Disease / Andrew W. Gardner, John D. Sorkin 491

40. Hypertension / Mauro Di Bari, Curt D. Furberg, Bruce M. Psaty, William B. Applegate, Marco M. Pahor 499

Section B Respiratory System

41. Aging of the Respiratory System / Paul L. Enright 511

42. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / Sidney S. Braman 517

43. Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease in the Elderly Population / Victor J. Thannickal, Galen B. Toews 535

Section C Nephrology

44. Changes in Renal Function / Jocelyn Wiggins 543

45. Renal Disease / James L. Bailey, Jeff M. Sands 551

46. End-State Renal Disease / Richard K. Capling, Wendy Weinstock Brown 569

47. Disorders of Fluid Balance / Myron Miller 581

Section D Gastroentorology

48. Effect of Aging on Gastrointestinal Function / Karen E. Hall 593

49. Hepatic, Biliary and Pancreatic Disease / Esteban Mezey 601

50. Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders / Amine Hila, Donald O. Castell 613

51. Common Large Intestinal Disorders / Adil E. Bharucha, Michael Camilleri 641

52. Constipation in Older People / Danielle Harari 655

Section E Oncology and Hematology

53. Oncology and Aging: General Principles of Cancer in the Elderly / Harvey Jay Cohen 671

54. Breast Disease / Gretchen G. Kimmick, Hyman B. Muss 685

55. Prostate Cancer and the Geriatric Patient / Beth A. Hellerstedt, Kenneth J. Pienta 695

56. Lung Cancer / Nasir Shahab, Michael C. Perry 703

57. Gastrointestinal Malignancies / Shahid H. Sial, Sonya Reicher, Viktor E. Eysselein, Marc F. Catalano 715

58. Intracranial Neoplasms in Elderly People / Deborah T. Blumenthal, Jerome B. Posner 739

59. Skin Cancer / Arthur K. Balin 747

60. Aging of the Hematopoietic System / Gurkamal S. Chatta, David A. Lipschitz 763

61. Anemia / Gurkamal S. Chatta, David A. Lipschitz 771

62. White Cell Disorders / Bayard L. Powell 779

63. Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Hodgkin's Disease, and Multiple Myeloma / William B. Ershler 791

64. Thrombotic and Hemorrhagic Disorders / Melissa Matulis, Mary Ann Knovich, John Owen 803

Section F Endocrinology and Metabolism

65. Aging of the Endocrine System and Selected Endocrine Disorders / David A. Gruenewald, Alvin M. Matsumoto 819

66. Thyroid Diseases / Sima Hassani, Jerome M. Hershman 837

67. Diabetes Mellitus / Jeffrey B. Halter 855

68. Dyslipoproteinemia / Leslie I. Katzel, Andrew P. Goldberg 875

69. Hyperparathyroidism and Paget's Disease of Bone / Kenneth W. Lyles 893

Section G Mobility and Musculoskeletal System

70. Aging of the Muscles and Joints / Richard F. Loeser, Osvaldo Delbono 905

71. Biomechanics of Mobility in Older Adults / James A. Ashton-Miller, Neil B. Alexander 919

72. Exercise in Elderly People: Physiologic and Functional Effects / Robert S. Schwartz, Wendy M. Kohrt 931

73. Mobility / Stephanie Studenski 947

74. Osteoarthritis / Liana Fraenkel, David Felson 961

75. Osteoporosis / Karen M. Prestwood, Gustavo Duque 973

76. Hip Fractures / Linda A. Russell 987

77. Myopathies, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, and Giant Cell Arteritis / Kenneth S. O'Rourke 997

78. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Autoimmune Diseases / Raymond Yung 1015

79. Back Pain and Spinal Stenosis / Leo M. Cooney, Jr. 1033

80. Common Foot Problems / Robert D. Teasdall, John H. Hodges 1041

81. Other Arthropathies and Regional Musculoskeletal Disorders / Kenneth S. O'Rourke 1053

Section H Infectious Diseases and Immunology

82. Infection in the Elderly / Kevin P. High, Mark Loeb 1071

83. Pneumonia / Thomas J. Marrie 1083

84. Tuberculosis / Shobita Rajagopalan, Thomas T. Yoshikawa 1099

85. Urinary Tract Infections in the Elderly / Lindsay E. Nicolle 1107

86. Infections of the Nervous System / Cheryl A. Jay 1117

87. Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Amy C. Justice 1127

88. Zoster / Jack I. Twersky, Kenneth Schmader 1133

89. Influenza / Rex Biedenbender, Subir Vij, Stefan Gravenstein 1139

Part IV Cross Cutting Domains

Section A Nutrition

90. Nutrition and Aging / Dennis H. Sullivan, Larry E. Johnson 1151

91. Weight and Age: Paradoxes and Conundrums / Tamara B. Harris 1171

92. Malnutrition and Enteral/Parenteral Alimentation / Jeffrey I. Wallace 1179

93. Disorders of Swallowing / JoAnne Robbins, Steven Barczi 1193

94. The Oral Cavity / Jonathan A. Ship 1213

Section B Sensory Function

95. Assessment and Rehabilitation of Older Adults with Low Vision / Gale R. Watson 1223

96. Age-Related Changes in the Auditory System / John H.

Mills 1239

Section C Gender and Sexuality

97. Sex and Gender Across the Human Life Span: Implications of the Sex Differentials in Longevity and Health for the Care and Welfare of the Elderly / William R. Hazzard 1253

98. Sexuality and Aging / Robert N. Butler, Myrna I. Lewis 1277

99. Menopause and Midlife Health Changes / Karen A. Matthews, Jane A. Cauley 1283

100. Gynecologic Disorders / Tomas L. Griebling 1295

101. Benign Prostate Disorders / Catherine E. DuBeau 1303

102. Sexual Dysfunction in Older Persons / John E. Morley, Syed H. Tariq 1311

103. Trophic Factors and Male Hormone Replacement / J. Lisa Tenover 1325

Part V Neuropsychiatry

104. Cellular and Neurochemical Aspects of the Aging Human Brain / Mark P. Mattson 1341

105. Aging and Cognition: What is Normal? / Suzanne Craft, Brenna Cholerton, Mark Reger 1355

106. Cerebrovascular Disease / J. Phillip Kistler, M.A. Topcuoglu, Ferdinando S. Buonanno 1373

107. Dementias Including Alzheimer's Disease / John P. Blass 1391

108. Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders / Stanley Fahn 1401

109. Other Neurodegenerative Disorders / James R. Burke 1409

110. Traumatic Brain Injury in Elderly Patients / Eugenio R. Rocksmith, Barry D. Jordan 1421

111. Epilepsy in the Elderly / James A. Ferrendelli, Howard L. Kim 1431

112. Late-Life Mood Disorders / William J. Apfeldorf, George S. Alexopoulos 1443

113. Schizophrenia / Nadeem Mirza, Peter V. Rabins, Trey Sunder Land 1459

114. General Topics in Geriatric Psychiatry / Anand Kumar 1465

115. Management of Agitation in Dementia / Balu Kalayam 1479

Part VI Geriatric Syndromes

116. Frailty and Failure to Thrive / Linda P. Fried, Jeremy Walston 1487

117. Delirium / Joseph V. Agostini, Sharon K. Inouye 1503

118. Falls / Mary B. King 1517

119. Sleep Disorders / Mairav Cohen-Zion, Sonia Ancoli-Israel 1531

120. Dizziness / Aman Nanda, Richard W. Besdine 1543

121. Syncope / Rose Anne Kenny 1553

122. Pressure Ulcers / Richard M. Allman 1563

123. Incontinence / Joseph G. Ouslander, Theodore M. Johnson II 1571

124. Disorders of Temperature Regulation / Itamar B. Abrass 1587

125. Elder Mistreatment / Mark Lachs 1593.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0071402160

OCLC:

52301577

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