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Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Geriatrics, 3/e

Autor Louise Walter, Anna Chang
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 noi 2020
The definitive guide to safe, effective care of older adults—updated with important new content and streamlined for quick access
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  • Covers the complete range of topics in geriatric care, including theory and fundamentals, assessment, conditions, diseases, symptoms, policies, and societal issues that affect older patients
  • Provides a framework for using the functional and cognitive status, prognosis, and social context of patients to guide diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions
  • Delivers essential information on important topics such as delirium, cognitive impairment, dementia, falls and mobility disorders, Parkinson disease and other movement disorders, sleep disorders, and arthritis
  • Includes guidance on care in all settings – clinic, home, hospital, and long-term care, as well as pre- and post-operative settings
  • New content on technology to enhance geriatric care, caregiving support, the unique needs of older immigrants, Medicare and Medicaid, legal issues and conservatorship, aid in dying, assisted living care, short-stay rehabilitation, prostate cancer, marijuana use, syncope, and driving safety

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781260457087
ISBN-10: 1260457087
Pagini: 736
Dimensiuni: 185 x 231 x 33 mm
Greutate: 1.07 kg
Ediția:3
Editura: McGraw Hill Education
Colecția McGraw Hill / Medical
Locul publicării:United States

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Table of Contents
Section1. Principles of Geriatric Assessment and Care
  1. Introduction to the Care of Older Persons: Knowledge, Skills & System Change
    1. Guiding Principles
  2. Overview of Geriatric Assessment (6)
    1. Geriatric Assessment in Primary Care
    2. Teams
    3. Patient Goals
    4. Prognosis
    5. Functional Assessment
    6. Falls & Gait Impairment
    7. Vision Impairment
    8. Hearing Impairment
    9. Dementia
    10. Incontinence
    11. Depression
    12. Nutrition
    13. Medication Use
    14. Caregiver Support
    15. Financial, Environmental and Social Resources
    16. Abuse
    17. Preventive Services
  3. The Interprofessional Team (5)
    1. Key Definitions & Context
    2. Innovations in Geriatric Interprofessional Teams
    3. Evidence for Interprofessional Teams
    4. Barriers to Teamwork
    5. Resources and Tools for Teamwork
  4. Goals of Care and Consideration of Prognosis (3)
    1. Guide to Goals of Care Discussions
    2. Importance of Surrogate Decision Makers
    3. Prognostication
    4. Prognosis Related to Specific Diseases
    5. Communicating Prognosis to Patient or Surrogate
  5. Functional Assessment & Functional Decline (2)
    1. Epidemiology of Func