Primary Care Geriatrics: A Case-Based Approach

Author: Richard Ham
Published: July 2001
Publisher: Elsevier Science
ISBN: 032301450X
Paperback Book
Number of Pages: 640

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"...delivers the principles & practice of geriatrics that are needed, but often not provided...each chapter contains learning objectives, pre-test questions, case material and text, post-test questions, and references." Appropriate for: Primary Care Physicians, Geriatric Nurses. Geriatrics continues to become a more central and vital component of primary care medicine, making it more important than ever that all providers of geriatric medical care maintain continuous awareness of the principles of geriatrics. PRIMARY CARE GERIATRICS: A CASE-BASED APPROACH provides the principles and key clinical information necessary to ensure the optimal management of elderly patients. Case studies are integrated throughout the text to provide illustrative patient scenarios. The book is divided into three parts: the first outlines the principles of geriatric primary care and the characteristics of older persons from which these principles arise; the second provides detailed, case-based approaches to major geriatric syndromes; and the third section is a presentation of common conditions and situations. Long acknowledged as one of the most practical, user-friendly texts available, this new edition features revised content reflecting the latest advances in the field.
Richard J. Ham, MD, SUNY Health Center, Syracus, NY; Philip D. Sloane, MD, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Gregg Warshaw, MD, Chief of Geriatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Table of Contents
Unit 1 Principles and Practice 1
1 Primary Care 3
2 Demographics 9
3 Normal Aging 15
4 Illness and Aging 29
5 Assessment 51
6 Health Care System 79
7 Ethnic and Cultural Aspects of Geriatrics 93
8 Health Maintenance and Promotion 105
9 Nutrition 119
10 Pharmacotherapeutics 137
11 Rehabilitation 149
12 Ethics 165
13 Perioperative Care and Hospital Care 183
14 Institutional Care 199
15 Home Care 217
16 Palliative Care at the End of Life 229
Unit 2 Major Syndromes 243
17 Dementias (and Delirium) 245
18 Depression 309
19 Gait and Immobility 323
20 Dizziness 333
21 Falls 349
22 Urinary Incontinence 361
Unit 3 Clinical Problems 381
23 Chronic Pain 383
24 Maltreatment and Self-Neglect 395
25 Alcoholism 401
26 The Older Adult Driver 409
27 Vision and Eye Problems 415
28 Hearing 419
29 Sexuality 427
30 Sleep 437
31 Mouth and Teeth 445
32 Feet 455
33 Skin 465
34 Pressure Ulcers 477
35 Cancer 487
36 Arthritis 499
37 Diabetes Mellitus 507
38 Thyroid Disease 517
39 Osteoporosis 525
40 Prostate 537
41 Constipation and Fecal Incontinence 551
42 Hypertension 561
43 Congestive Heart Failure 573
44 Myocardial Infarction and Angina 579
45 Peripheral Vascular Disease 587
46 Stroke 595
47 Parkinson's Disease 605
48 Lower Respiratory Infections 615
49 Urinary Tract Infections 631
50 Acute Abdomen 637
51 Polymyalgia Rheumatica 643
52 Hypothermia 649

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