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Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Sixth Edition

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Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Sixth Edition

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The most complete, authoritative guide available on the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the elderly -- updated with a new global perspective

A Doodys Core Title for 2015!

In addition to serving as a timely, comprehensive, state-of-the-art textbook of geriatric medicine anchored in science, evidence-based medicine, and patient-centered practice, the book also is intended to meet the learning needs of fellows in geriatric medicine. The authors succeed in modeling a textbook of geriatric medicine on textbooks of internal medicine. 3 Stars.--Doodys Review Service

The undisputed leader on the subject of geriatrics, this comprehensive guide combines gerontology principles with clinical geriatrics offering unmatched coverage of this area of medicine.

Written by some of the worlds most respected geriatricians, Hazzards Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology presents the most up-to-date, evidence-based medical information available -- in a revamped 2-color design that makes finding the answers to your questions faster and easier than ever.

Features::

  • A greater emphasis on evidence-based medicine through the expanded use of Clinical Practice Guidelines and references to systematic reviews and critically appraised topics
  • A new international advisory board of 12 global authorities and an increased number of international contributors for a greater global perspective
  • Important new chapters on the cultural aspects of geriatrics, emergency geriatrics, hospital geriatrics, international geriatric care, and rural geriatric care
  • Information integrated with additional online resources
  • Tables, drawings, and clinical algorithms made even more effective by a new two-color design
  • 300 illustrations (including 64 in a full-color insert)
Product Details
McGraw Hill / Medical
45685
9780071488723
9780071488723

Data sheet

Publication date
2009
Issue number
6
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
1664
Dimensions (mm)
221 x 285
Weight (g)
3602
  • Foreword
    Preface
    Part I:: PRINCIPLES OF GERONTOLOGY
    1. Biology of Aging and Longevity, Richard A. Miller
    2. Genetics of Age-Dependent Human Disease, Thomas B.L. Kirkwood
    3. Immunology and Aging, Birgit Weinberger, Daniela Weiskopf, and Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein
    4. Inflammation and Aging, Jeremy D. Wilson
    5. Demography and Epidemiology, Jack M. Guralnik and Luigi Ferrucci
    6. International Gerontology, Roberto Bernabei, Len Gray, John Hirdes, Xiaomei Pei, Jean Claude Henrard, Palmi V. Jonsson, Graziano Onder, Giovanni Gambassi, Naoki Ikegami, Annette Hylen Ranhoff, Iain G. Carpenter, Rowan H. Harwood, Brant E. Fries, John N. Morris, and Knight Steel
    7. Psychosocial Aspects of Aging, Richard Schulz and Steven M. Albert
    8. General Principles of Pharmacology, Sarah N. Hilmer and Gary A. Ford
    9. Preventive Gerontology:: Strategies for Optimizing Health Across the Life Span, Elizabeth A. Phelan, Miguel A. Paniagua, and William R. Hazzard
    Part II:: PRINCIPLES OF GERIATRICS
    10. Evaluation, Management, and Decision Making with the Older Patient, Sharon E. Straus and Mary E. Tinetti
    Section A:: Assessment
    11. Principles of Geriatric Assessment, David B. Reuben and Sonja Rosen
    12. Mental Status and Neurological Examination in Older Adults, James E. Galvin
    13. Assessment of Decisional Capacity and Competencies, Margaret A. Drickamer and James M. Lai
    14. Principles of Screening in Older Adults, Louise C. Walter
    Section B:: Organization of Care
    15. Health Care System, Chad Boult
    16. Transitions, William L. Lyons and Eric A. Coleman
    17. Acute Hospital Care, Scott A. Flanders, Paula M. Podrazik, Chad Whelan, and Caroline Blaum
    18. Emergency Department Care, Scott T. Wilber and Lowell W. Gerson
    19. Critical Care in the Elderly, Eric B. Milbrandt and Derek C. Angus
    20. Subacute Care, Edward R. Marcantonio and Mark Yurkofsky
    21. Nursing Facility Care, Mary Pat Rapp and Keith L. Rapp
    22. Community-Based Long-Term Care and Home Care, Jennifer Hayashi and Bruce Leff
    23. Rural Aging, Kenneth Brummel-Smith
    Section C:: Special Management Issues
    24. Appropriate Approach to Prescribing, Paula A. Rochon, Jennifer Tjia, Sudeep S. Gill, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
    25. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Aging, Joseph T. Hanlon, Marc R. Blackman, and Ronald M. Glick
    26. Team Care, Ellen Flaherty, Kathryn Hyer, and Terry Fulmer
    27. Social Work, Ruth E. Dunkle and Mary Catherine Dennis
    28. Self-Management of Health Behavior in Geriatric Medicine, W. Jack Rejeski, Lawrence R. Brawley, and Mary E. Jung
    29. Rehabilitation of the Older Adult, Cynthia J. Brown and Claire Peel
    30. Pain Management, Bruce A. Ferrell and Susan I. Charette
    31. Palliative Care, Audrey Chun and R. Sean Morrison
    32. Legal Issues, Marshall B. Kapp
    33. Spirituality, Timothy P. Daaleman
    34. Ethical Issues in Geriatric Medicine, Jason H. T. Karlawish and Bryan D. James
    Section D:: Surgical Management
    35. Perioperative Evaluation and Management, Preeti N. Malani, Peter V. Vaitkevicius, and Mark B. Orringer
    36. Anesthesia for Elderly Patients, Jeffrey H. Silverstein and G. Alec Rooke
    37. Surgical Outcomes, Emily Finlayson and John D. Birkmeyer
    Section E:: Nutrition
    38. Nutrition and Aging, Dennis H. Sullivan and Larry E. Johnson
    39. Weight and Age:: Paradoxes and Conundrums, Tamara B. Harris
    40. Malnutrition and Enteral/Parenteral Alimentation, Jeffrey I. Wallace
    41. Disorders of Swallowing, JoAnne Robbins, Jacqueline Hind, and Steven Barczi
    42. Oral Cavity, Jonathan A. Ship
    Section F:: Sensory Function
    43. Assessment and Rehabilitation of Older Adults with Low Vision, Gale R. Watson
    44. Age-Related Changes in the Auditory System, Su-Hua Sha, Andra E. Talaska, and Jochen Schacht
    Section G:: Gender and Sexuality
    45. Sex and Gender Across the Human Life Span, William R. Hazzard
    46. Menopause and Midlife Health Changes, MaryFran R. Sowers
    47. Sexuality, Sexual Function, and the Aging Woman, Stacy Tessler Lindau
    48. Gynecologic Disorders, Karen L. Miller and Tomas L. Griebling
    49. Sexuality, Sexual Function, Androgen Therapy, and the Aging Male, J. Lisa Tenover
    50. Benign Prostate Disorders, Catherine E. DuBeau
    Part III:: GERIATRIC SYMPTOMS
    51. Aging and Hemeostatic Regulation, George A. Kuchel
    52. Frailty, Linda P. Fried, Jeremy D. Walston, and Luigi Ferrucci
    53. Delirium, Sharon K. Inouye, Michael A. Fearing, and Edward R. Marcantonio
    54. Falls, Mary B. King
    55. Sleep Disorders, Mairav Cohen-Zion and Sonia Ancoli-Israel
    56. Dizziness, Aman Nanda and Richard W. Besdine
    57. Syncope, Rose Anne Kenny
    58. Pressure Ulcers, Barbara M. Bates-Jensen
    59. Incontinence, Theodore M. Johnson, II, and Joseph G. Ouslander
    60. Elder Mistreatment, Mark S. Lachs
    Part IV:: ORGAN SYSTEMS AND DISEASES
    Section A:: Human Brain
    61. Cellular and Neurochemical Aspects of the Aging Human Brain, Mark P. Mattson
    62. Cognitive Changes Associated with Normal and Pathological Aging, Suzanne Craft, Brenna Cholerton, and Mark Reger
    63. Psychoactive Drug Therapy, Bruce G. Pollock, Todd P. Semla, and Christina E. Forsyth
    64. Cerebrovascular Disease, Eric Edward Smith, Ferdinand Buonanno, Aneesh Bhim Singhal, and J. Philip Kistler
    65. Dementia Including Alzheimers Disease, Cynthia M. Carlson, Carey E. Gleason, Luigi Puglielli, and Sanjay Asthana
    66. Parkinsons Disease and Related Disorders, Stanley Fahn
    67. Other Neurodegenerative Disorders, Victor Valcour and Bruce Miller
    68. Traumatic Brain Injury, Sterling C. Johnson
    69. Epilepsy, Ilo E. Leppik
    70. Late-Life Mood Disorders, Dan G. Blazer
    71. Schizophrenia, Danielle I. Anderson and Peter V. Rabins
    72. General Topics in Geriatric Psychiatry, Mustafa M. Husain, Shawn M. McClintock, Kip E. Queenan, Aaron Van Wright, and Rajbir Bakshi
    73. Management of Agitation in Dementia, Marcella Pascualy, Eric Petrie, Lucy Y. Wang, Suzanne B. Murray, and Elaine Peskind
    Section B:: Cardiology
    74. Effects of Aging on Cardiovascular Structure and Function, Dalane W. Kitzma and George Taffet
    75. Aging and Atherosclerosis, Susan Cheng, Susan M. Bell, and Susan J. Zieman
    76. Coronary Heart Disease, Eric D. Peterson and Shahyar M. Gharacholou
    77. Valvular Heart Disease, Nikhila Deo and Niloo M. Edwards
    78. Heart Failure, Michael W. Rich
    79. Cardiac Arrhythmias, Ziao-Ke Liu, Arshad Jahangir, and Win-Kuang Shen
    80. Peripheral Vascular Disease, Andrew W. Gardner, John D. Sorkin, and Azhar Afaq
    81. Hypertension, Mark A. Supiano
    Section C:: Respiratory System
    82. Aging of the Respiratory System, Paul L. Enright
    83. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Sachin Yende, Anne B. Newman, and don Sin
    84. Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease, Victor J. Thannickal and Galen B. Toews
    Section D:: Nephrology
    85. Changes in Kidney Function, Jocelyn Wiggins and Sanjeevkumar R. Patel
    86. Renal Disease, Lynn Schlanger, Jeff M. Sands, and James L. Bailey
    87. End-Stage Renal Disease, Mark L. Unruh
    88. Disorders of Fluid Balance, Myron Miller
    Section E:: Gastroentorology
    89. Effect of Aging on Gastrointestinal Function, Karen E. Hall
    90. Hepatic, Biliary, and Pancreatic Disease, Justin C. Rice, Courtney Barancin, Mark Benson, and Michael Lucey
    91. Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders, Alberto Pilotto and Marilisa Franceschi
    92. Common Large Intestinal Disorders, Leon S. Maratchi and David A. Greenwald
    93. Constipation, Danielle Harari
    Section F:: Onology
    94. Oncology and Aging:: General Principles, Arati V. Rao and Harvey Jay Cohen
    95. Breast Disease, Gretchen G. Kimmick and Hyman B. Muss
    96. Prostate Cancer, Kenneth J. Pienta
    97. Lung Cancer, Daniel Morgensztern, Ramaswamy Govindan, and Michael C. Perry
    98. Gastrointestinal Malignancies, Nadine A. Jackson and Peter C. Enzinger
    99. Intracranial Neoplasms, Noelle K. LoConte, Julie E. Chang, and H. Ian Robins
    100. Skin Cancer, Mathew W. Ludgate, Timothy M. Johnson, and Timothy S. Wang
    Section G:: Hematology
    101. Aging of the Hematopoietic System, Gurkamal S. Chatta and Daniel A. Lipschitz
    102. Anemia, Paulo H.M. Chaves
    103. White Cell Disorders, Heidi D. Klepin and Bayard L. Powell
    104. Non-Hodgkins and Hodgkins Lymphomas and Myeloma, William Ershler and Dan L. Longo
    105. Thrombosis, Martin ODonnell, Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, adn Clive Kearon
    106. Hemorrhagic Disorders, Julia A.M. Anderson and Agnes Y.Y. Lee
    Section H:: Endocrinology and Metabolism
    107. Aging and the Endocrine System and Selected Endocrine Disorders, David A. Gruenewald and Alvin M. Matsumoto
    108. Thyroid Diseases, Jerome M. Hershman, Sima Hassani, and Mary J. Samuels
    109. Diabetes Mellitus, Annette M. Chang and Jeffrey B. Halter
    110. Dyslipoproteinemia, Leslie I. Katzel, Jacob Blumenthal, John D. Sorkin, and Andrew P. Goldberg
    111. Hyperparathyroidism and Pagets Disease of Bone, Kenneth W. Lyles
    Section I:: Mobility and Musculoskeletal System
    112. Aging of the Muscles and Joints, Richard F. Loeser, Jr., and Osvaldo Delbono
    113. Biomechanics of Mobility, James A. Ashton-Miller and Neil B. Alexander
    114. Exercise:: Physiologic and Functional Effects, Robert S. Schwartz and Wendy M. Kohrt
    115. Mobility, Jennifer Brach, Caterina Rosano, and Stephanie Studenski
    116. Osteoarthritis, Shari M. Lang and Yvette L. Ju
    117. Osteoporosis, Gustavo Duque and Bruce R. Troen
    118. Hip Fractures, Ram R. Miller, Colleen Christmas, and Jay Magaziner
    119. Myopathy, Polymyalgia Rheumatics, and Temporal Arthritis, Yuri R. Nakasato and Bruce A. Carnes
    120. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Autoimmune Diseases, Raymond Yung
    121. Back Pain and Spinal Stenosis, Leo M. Cooney, Jr.
    122. Primary Considerations in Managing the Older Patient with Foot Problems, Arthur E. Helfand
    123. Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndromes, Cheryl D. Bernstein and Debra K. Weiner
    Section J:: Infectious Diseases and Immunology
    124. Infection in the Elderly, Kevin P. High
    125. General Principles of Antimicrobial Selection, Maureen Bolon and Stephen G. Weber
    126. Pneumonia, Thomas J. Marrie
    127. Urinary Tract Infections, Lindsay E. Nicolle
    128. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Amy C. Justice129. Herpes Zoster, Jack I. Twersky and Kenneth Schmader
    130. Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Mark B. Loeb
    Index

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