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Pathy's principles and practice of geriatric medicine /
Now in its fifth edition, this comprehensive textbook of geriatric medical practice provides up-to-date, evidence-based, and practical information about all the major medical problems of aging citizens. Containing 41 new chapters covering new infections, treatments, approaches to care, and end of li...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester [England] :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2012.
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| Edición: | 5th ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Pathy's Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine -Volume 1
- Contents
- About the Editors
- List of Contributors
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Preface to the Fifth Edition
- Foreword
- Introduction: Historical perspectives
- Part 1 Ageing: Biological, Social and Community Perspectives
- 1 A biological perspective of ageing
- 2 The demography of ageing
- 3 The physiology of ageing
- 4 Psychological aspects of ageing
- 5 Ageing of the brain
- 6 Epidemiology of ageing and disability
- 7 Social and community aspects of ageing
- 8 The developmental origins of ageing.
- 9 Sexuality and ageing
- 10 Physical fitness and exercise
- 11 Health literacy and cultural sensitivity
- Part 2 Medicine and Prescribing in Old Age
- 12 Preventive geriatrics
- 13 Polypharmacy
- 14 Patient safety
- Section 1 Eating Disorders and Nutritional Health
- 15 Epidemiology of nutrition and ageing
- 16 The anorexia of ageing
- 17 Weight loss
- 18 Dehydration
- 19 Vitamins and minerals
- 20 Obesity
- Section 2 Gastro Disorders
- 21 Changes in gastrointestinal motor and sensory function associated with ageing
- 22 Gastrointestinal bleeding
- 23 Liver and gall bladder.
- 24 Sphincter function
- 25 Constipation
- 26 Management of diarrhoea
- 27 Diseases of the pancreas
- Section 3 Haematological Disorders
- 28 Anaemia
- 29 Disorders of haemostasis
- 30 Disseminated intravascular coagulation
- 31 Anticoagulants
- 32 Myelodysplasia
- 33 Management of myelodysplastic syndromes and acute leukaemia
- Section 4 Cardiovascular Diseases and Health
- 34 Epidemiology of heart disease
- 35 Cardiac ageing and systemic disorders
- 36 Arrhythmias
- 37 Ischaemic heart disease
- 38 Lipid management
- 39 Hypotension
- 40 Hypertension
- 41 Heart failure.
- 42 Cardiac surgery
- 43 Peripheral arterial disease
- 44 Venous thromboembolism
- 45 Cardiac rehabilitation
- Section 5 Respiratory Diseases
- 46 Epidemiology of respiratory infection
- 47 Pneumonia
- 48 Aspiration pneumonia
- 49 Interstitial lung disease and lung cancer
- 50 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma
- 51 Pulmonary hypertension
- 52 Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Section 6 CNS Disorders
- 53 Neurological signs of ageing
- 54 Sleep apnoea and sleep disorders
- 55 Headache
- 56 Normal pressure hydrocephalus.
- 57 Acute stroke care and management of carotid artery stenosis
- 58 Stroke and stroke rehabilitation
- 59 Communication disorders and dysphagia
- 60 Acute and chronic subdural haematoma
- 61 Epilepsy
- 62 Syncope and non-epileptic attacks
- 63 Parkinson's disease
- 64 Non-parkinsonian movement disorders
- 65 Diabetic neuropathy
- 66 Disorders of the neuromuscular junction
- 67 Muscle disorders
- 68 Motor neurone disease
- 69 Control of chronic pain
- 70 Multiple sclerosis
- Appendix Function assessment scales
- Index.