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Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology

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Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology

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**Sel‎ected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with Essential Purchase designation in Geriatrics**

The leading reference in the field of geriatric care, Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 8th Edition, by Drs. Howard M. Fillit, Kenneth Rockwood, and John B. Young, provides a contemporary, global perspective on topics of importance to today’s gerontologists, internal medicine physicians, and family doctors. An increased focus on frailty, along with coverage of key issues in gerontology, disease-specific geriatrics, and complex syndromes specific to the elderly, makes this 8th Edition the reference you’ll turn to in order to meet the unique challenges posed by this growing patient population.

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9780702061851
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Rok wydania
2016
Numer wydania
8
Oprawa
twarda
Liczba stron
1168
Wymiary (mm)
216 x 276
Waga (g)
3120
  • PART I Gerontology
    SECTION A Introduction to Gerontology
    1 Introduction: Aging, Frailty, and Geriatric Medicine
    2 The Epidemiology of Aging
    3 The Future of Old Age
    4 Successful Aging: The Centenarians

    SECTION B Biological Gerontology
    5 Evolution Theory and the Mechanisms of Aging
    6 Methodological Challenges of Research in Older People
    7 Geroscience
    8 Genetic Mechanisms on Aging
    9 Cellular Mechanisms of Aging
    10 The Premature Aging Syndrome: Hutchison-Gilford Progeria Syndrome - Insights Into Normal Aging
    11 The Neurobiology of Aging: Free Radical Stress and Metabolic Pathways
    12 Allostasis and Allostatic Overload in the Context of Aging
    13 Neuroendocrinology of Aging

    SECTION C Medical Gerontology
    14 Frailty: The Broad View
    15 Aging and Deficit Accumulation: Clinical Implications
    16 Effects of Aging on the Cardiovascular System
    17 Age-Related Changes in the Respiratory System
    18 Neurologic Signs in Older Adults
    19 Connective Tissues and Aging
    20 Bone and Joint Aging
    21 Aging and the Gastrointestinal System
    22 Aging of the Urinary Tract
    23 Endocrinology of Aging
    24 Aging and the Blood
    25 Aging and the Skin
    26 The Pharmacology of Aging
    27 Anti-Aging Interventions

    SECTION D Psychological and Social Gerontology
    28 Normal Cognitive Aging
    29 Social Gerontology
    30 Social Vulnerability in Old Age
    31 The Aging Personality and Self: Diversity and Health Issues
    32 Productive Aging

    PART II Geriatric Medicine
    SECTION A Evaluation of the Geriatric Patient
    33 Presentation of Disease in Old Age
    34 Multidimensional Geriatric Assessment
    35 Laboratory Diagnosis and Geriatrics: More Than Just Reference Intervals for Older Adults
    36 Social Assessment of Older Patients
    37 Surgery and Anesthesia in the Frail Older Patient
    38 Measuring Outcomes of Multidimensional Geriatric Assessment Programs

    SECTION B Cardiovascular System
    39 Chronic Cardiac Failure
    40 Diagnosis and Management of Coronary Artery Disease
    41 Practical Issues in the Care of Frail Older Cardiac Patients
    42 Hypertension
    43 Valvular Heart Disease
    44 Cardiac Arrhythmias
    45 Syncope
    46 Vascular Surgery
    47 Venous Thromboembolism in Older Adults

    SECTION C The Respiratory System
    48 Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    49 Nonobstructive Lung Disease And Thoracic Tumours

    SECTION D The Nervous System
    50 Classification of the Dementias
    51 Neuropsychology in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia
    52 Alzheimers Disease
    53 Vascular Cognitive Disorders
    54 Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
    55 Delirium
    56 Mental Illness in Older Adults
    57 Intellectual Disability in Older Adults
    58 Epilepsy
    59 Headache And Facial Pain
    60 Stroke: Epidemiology and Pathology
    61 Stroke: Clinical Presentation, Management and Organization of Services
    62 Long-Term Stroke Care
    63 Disorders of The Autonomic Nervous System
    64 Parkinsonism and Other Movement Disorders
    65 Neuromuscular Disorders
    66 Intracranial Tumors
    67 Disorders of The Spinal Cord and Nerve Roots
    68 Central Nervous System Infections

    SECTION E Musculoskeletal System
    69 Arthritis in Older Adults
    70 Metabolic Bone Disease
    71 Orthopedic Geriatrics
    72 Sarcopenia

    SECTION F Gastroenterology
    73 The Pancreas
    74 The Liver
    75 Biliary Tract Diseases
    76 The Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
    77 The Small Bowel
    78 The Large Bowel
    79 Nutrition and Aging
    80 Obesity

    SECTION G Genitourinary Tract
    81 Diseases of the Aging Kidney
    82 Disorders of Water and Electrolyte Metabolism
    83 The Prostate
    84 Aging Males and Testosterone

    SECTION H Women’s Health
    85 Gynecological Disorders in Older Women
    86 Breast Cancer

    SECTION I Endocrinoloy
    87 Adrenal and Pituitary Disorders
    88 Disorders of the Thyroid
    89 Disorders of the Parathyroid Glands
    90 Diabetes Mellitus

    SECTION J Hematology and Oncology
    91 Blood Disorders in Older Adults
    92 Geriatric Oncology
    93 Clinical Immunology: Immune Senescence and the Acquired Immunodeficiency of Aging

    SECTION K Skin and Special Senses
    94 Skin Diseases and Old Age
    95 Aging and Disorders of the Eye
    96 Disorders of Hearing

    PART III
    SECTION A Prevention and Health Promotion
    97 Health Promotion for Community-Living Older Adults
    98 Sexuality in Old Age
    99 Physical Activity for Successful Aging
    100 Rehabilitation: Evidence-Based Physical and Occupational Therapy Techniques for Stroke and Parkinson Disease

    SECTION B Geriatric Syndromes and Other Unique Problems of the Geriatric Patient
    101 Geriatric Pharmacotherapy and Polypharmacy
    102 Impaired Mobility
    103 Falls
    104 Podiatry
    105 Constipation and Fecal Incontinence in Old Age
    106 Urinary Incontinence
    107 Pressure Ulcers
    108 Sleep in Relation to Aging, Frailty, and Cognition
    109 Malnutrition in Older Adults
    110 Geriatric Dentistry: Maintaining Oral Health in the Geriatric Population
    111 Pain in Old Age
    112 The Mistreatment and Neglect of Frail Older People
    113 HIV & Aging: Current Status and Evolving Perspectives
    114 Palliative Care
    115 Ethical Issues in Geriatric Medicine

    PART IV
    Health Systems and Geriatric Medicine
    116 Managing Frailty: Roles for Primary Care
    117 Geriatric Emergency and Prehospital Care
    118 Acute Hospital Care for Frail Older Adults
    119 Intensive Care Medicine in Older Adults: A Critical Age?
    120 Geriatrics in Europe
    121 Geriatrics in North America
    122 Geriatrics in Asia
    123 Geriatrics in Latin America
    124 Medical Care for Older Long-Term Care Residents in the United Kingdom
    125 Institutional Long-Term Care Services in the United States
    126 Education in Geriatric Medicine
    127 Improving Quality of Care for Older People in England
    128 Quality Initiatives Aimed at Improving Medicare
    129 Managed Care for Older Americans
    130 Telemedicine Applications in Geriatrics
    131 Gerontechnology
    132 Optimizing the Built Environment for Frail Older Adults
    133 Transcultural Geriatrics

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