Geripause: Medical Management during the Late Menopause

Author: Bernard A. A. Eskin
Published: December 2002
ISBN: 184214037X
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 208

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Geripause is a newly coined term referring to the time of anatomic and hormonal changes experienced by women after menopause. In this volume, 17 contributions from researchers and clinicians address a variety of topics related to this stage of life, including gait disorders, osteoporosis, urological issues, and cognition in the geripause. The final chapter looks at ethical and end-of-life issues. Eskin teaches obstetrics and gynecology at Drexel U. and Troen teaches gerontology at the U. of Miami.

Table of Contents:

List of Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Pt. I The Effects of Age 1
1 Geripause 3
2 Diversity of health-related attitudes and strategies of older patients 11
3 Endocrinology of postmenopause and geripause 17
4 Pharmacology 31
5 Cognition in the geripause 51
6 Sexuality in the geripause 59
7 Gynecological changes of the geripause 69
Pt. II Care of the Older Patient 77
8 Approach to the elderly patient 79
9 Functional assessment in the geripause 83
10 Therapies of the geripause: hormone replacement and modifications 93
11 Neuromuscular conditions: definition and epidemiology of falls and gait disorders 113
12 Cardiovascular disease in the geripause 123
13 Osteoporosis 139
14 Urological issues in the aging woman 155
15 Surgery in the postmenopausal and geripausal patient 169
16 Gastrointestinal disease in the geripause 175
III Conclusions and Commentary 185
17 Ethical and end-of-life issues 187
Epilogue 197
Index 199

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