Advanced Age Geriatric Care A Comprehensive Guide /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Nagaratnam, Nages (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Nagaratnam, Kujan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Cheuk, Gary (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Geriatrics.; General practice (Medicine).; Public health.; Palliative treatment.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Public Health.; Palliative Medicine.

This book creates greater awareness and offer practical guidance for clinicians working with patients over the age of 85, the most senior segment of the aging population. As the population around the world ages, health systems and other infrastructures struggle to build a workforce that is trained t...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part 1 General considerations
• Ageing and Longevity
• End of Life Decisions in Geriatric Population
• Elderly Abuse and Neglect
• Decision Making Capacity and Consent in the Older Adult
• Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
• Long Term Care Facilities and Support Services
• Immunity, Immunosenesence and immunization in the very elderly
• Orthogeriatrics
• Geriatric Anaesthesia
• Geriatric Diagnostic Imaging
• Geriatric Care in General Practice
• Geriatric Rehabilitation
• Geriatric Palliative care
• The Elderly in Intensive Care
• Part II Common diseases in older adults
• Cardiovascular Diseases in the Very Elderly
• Kidney diseases in the Elderly
• Mental Illness in the Oldest Old
• Eye Problems in the Oldest Old
• Dental and oral conditions in the very elderly
• Cancer in the Very Elderly and Management
• Geriatric Skin and Dermatoses
• Joints and Musculo-skeletal Disorders
• Respiratory diseases in the Oldest Old
• Managing Osteoporosis in the Oldest Old
• Part III Geriatric syndromes and Related Problems
• Malnutrition and Malabsorption in the elderly
• Constipation, Faecal and Urinary Incontinence
• Gait Disorders in the Elderly
• Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Some Chronic Disorders
• Syncope in the Very Elderly
• Sarcopenia Sarcopenic Obesity and Frailty in Older Adults
• Headaches in the Elderly
• Delirium in the Oldest Old
• Prescribing in the Oldest Old
• Dementia in the Oldest Old.