Geriatric Rheumatology A Comprehensive Approach /

The first book dedicated explicitly to the care of elderly patients with rheumatic diseases, this comprehensive resource is a practical guide for navigating the medical concerns of these complex patients.  While patients over 65 years of age comprise roughly 15% of the population, they consume about...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Nakasato, Yuri (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Yung, Raymond L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Preface
  • The Immune System in Aging
  • Bone Aging
  • Atherosclerosis in the Rheumatic Diseases: Compounding the Age Risk
  • Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Rheumatic Diseases in the Elderly
  • Tuberculosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Elderly
  • Widespread Pain in Older Adults
  • Pharmacotherapy Considerations Unique to the Older Patient
  • Rheumatic Disease in the Nursing Home Patient
  • Post Acute Care for Rheumatologists
  • The Gerontorheumatology Outpatient Service: Towards an International Classification of Function Based Health Care Provision for the Elderly with Musculoskeletal Conditions
  • Health Policy, Public Health, and Arthritis Among Older Adults
  • Physical Therapy Management of Select Rheumatic Conditions in Older Adults
  • Arthrocentesis in the Elderly
  • Physical Activity in Older Adults with Arthritis
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Elderly Populations
  • Elderly Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug Use in Older Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
  • Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Aging of Osteoarthritis
  • Osteoarthritis in the Elderly
  • Medium- and Small-Vessel Vasculitis
  • Management of Geriatric Gout
  • Calcium-Containing-Crystals–Associated Arthropathies in the Elderly
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis in the Elderly
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome in the Older Population
  • Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Elderly
  • Infectious Arthritis in the Elderly
  • Sarcopenia and Myopathies in the Elderly
  • Scleroderma in the Elderly
  • Sjögren’s Syndrome in the Elderly.