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Geriatrics /

Designed for the busy practitioner, Geriatrics presents 97 alphabetically arranged topics covering all major concerns in geriatric rehabilitation ranging from age-related changes to end-of-life care. The first section reviews topics related to normal aging and assessment methods to measure systemic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Means, Kevin M. (Editor ), Kortebein, Patrick M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Demos Medical Pub., [©2013]
Edición:1st edition.
Colección:Rehabilitation medicine quick reference.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I Assessment and aging
  • Aging: theories and epidemiology
  • Age-related changes: Bone
  • Age-related changes: cardiovascular
  • Age-related changes: central nervous system and cognitive
  • Age-related changes: gastrointestinal
  • Age-related changes: hearing and vestibular
  • Age-related changes: muscular
  • Age-related changes: posture and balance
  • Age-related changes: pulmonary
  • Age-related changes: renal
  • Age-related changes: sensory
  • Age-related changes: skin
  • Age-related changes: visual
  • Decision making
  • History
  • Examination: cognitive
  • Examination: musculoskeletal
  • Examination: neurologic
  • Electrodiagnosis: nerve conduction studies
  • Electrodiagnosis: the needle exam
  • electromyography
  • Evaluation of balance and mobility
  • Evaluation of depression
  • Evaluation of function
  • Evaluation of osteoporosis: detection of significant bone loss
  • II organ system diseases and disorders
  • Anemia
  • Blood disorders
  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular: amputation
  • Cardiovascular: peripheral arterial disease
  • Cardiovascular: syncope and orthostatic hypotension
  • Cardiovascular: thromboembolic disease
  • Depression
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Diabetes: the diabetic foot
  • Functional decline: deconditioning
  • Functional decline: frailty
  • Functional decline: sarcopenia
  • Gastrointestinal: constipation
  • Gastrointestinal: fecal incontinence
  • Musculoskeletal: arthritis of the ankle and hind foot
  • Musculoskeletal: arthritis of the thumb, fingers, and wrist
  • Musculoskeletal: dupuytren's contractures and trigger finger
  • musculoskeletal: hip fracture
  • Musculoskeletal: joint replacement
  • Musculoskeletal: low back pain
  • Musculoskeletal: neck pain
  • Musculoskeletal: osteoarthritis
  • Musculoskeletal: osteoporosis and vertebral fractures
  • Musculoskeletal: posterior tibial tendon dysfunction
  • Musculoskeletal: shoulder
  • Musculoskeletal: spinal stenosis
  • Neurologic: Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders
  • Neurologic: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neuromuscular disorders
  • Neurologic: balance disorders
  • Neurologic: carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Neurologic: charcot foot
  • Neurologic: Delirium
  • Neurologic: Dizziness and vertigo
  • Neurologic: dysphagia
  • Neurologic: falls
  • Neurologic: gait disorders
  • Neurologic: homonymous hemianopsia
  • Neurologic: Parkinson's disease
  • Neurologic: Parkinson's disease
  • postural instability, freezing, and falls
  • Neurologic: spinal cord injury
  • Neurologic: stroke
  • Neurologic: traumatic brain injury
  • Rheumatologic: fibromyalgia
  • Rheumatologic: giant cell arteritis
  • Rheumatologic: polymyalgia rheumatica
  • Skin: pressure sores
  • Skin: the problem wound
  • Special senses: hearing
  • Special senses: vision
  • cataracts
  • Special senses: vision
  • general
  • Special senses: vision
  • glaucoma
  • Special senses: vision
  • macular degeneration
  • Urinary incontinence
  • III Special topics
  • Aging with a developmental disability
  • Aging with a spinal cord injury
  • Alternative medicine
  • Driving evaluation
  • Ethics
  • Exercise
  • home and environmental modifications
  • Medicolegal concerns
  • Pain management
  • Pharmacology: general
  • Pharmacology: management of polypharmacy
  • Prescription writing: drugs and therapy
  • Rehabilitation settings: evaluation for postacute rehabilitation
  • Rehabilitation settings: home health care
  • Rehabilitation settings: inpatient rehabilitation, acute
  • Rehabilitation settings: long-term acute care hospital and adult day care
  • Rehabilitation settings: subacute rehabilitation
  • Rehabilitation settings: palliative care
  • End-of-life care.