Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine provides non-geriatrician clinicians with an approach to topics central to the care of the older patient. These include the diagnosis and management of 'the geriatric giants' (delirium, dementia, urinary incontinence and falls), pressure ulcers, elder abuse and end of life care. This new book in the Evidence-Based series includes specific age-related conditions while providing a holistic approach to the older patient. Geriatric Medicine specialists with expertise in both their specific topics as well as in evidence-based medicine present the best-available…mehr
Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine provides non-geriatrician clinicians with an approach to topics central to the care of the older patient. These include the diagnosis and management of 'the geriatric giants' (delirium, dementia, urinary incontinence and falls), pressure ulcers, elder abuse and end of life care. This new book in the Evidence-Based series includes specific age-related conditions while providing a holistic approach to the older patient. Geriatric Medicine specialists with expertise in both their specific topics as well as in evidence-based medicine present the best-available evidence in a concise, easy-to-use, question-and-answer based format. Each chapter includes common questions that are asked by clinicians, and the answers focus on a systematic review of the evidence and conclude with a bottom line for clinical practice. A unique guide to the optimum care of older patients Focuses on the best available evidence Uses rigorous and transparent methods for seeking and appraising the evidence Provides the evidence in a clinically useful format This book is an invaluable resource for trainees and clinicians from various disciplines, worldwide. It addresses an issue of global importance - building the capacity to care for older persons.
Dr. Jayna Holroyd-Leduc is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She received her medical degree at the University of Toronto, Canada. She completed residency training in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at the University of Toronto, before completing a research fellowship in Geriatrics and Quality Improvement at the San Francisco VA Medical Centre and the University of California, San Francisco. Her research interests include systematic reviews, knowledge translation, clinical decision support and improving care provided to older patients. She is the University of Calgary Geriatric Medicine Training Program Director and the Department of Medicine QI Lead. Madhuri Reddy MD MSc is an Internist and Geriatric Medicine specialist. She is currently Director of the Wound Healing Clinic at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She has published several original research papers, been editor or on the editorial board of several publications, has written book chapters for clinicians, as well as a book for patients and their caregivers on the care of chronic wounds (Healing Wounds, Healthy Skin). Dr Reddy completed her Geriatric Medicine training at the University of Toronto in Canada.
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List of Contributors Foreword C. Seth Landefeld 1 Function and Frailty: The Cornerstones of Geriatric Assessment Kenneth Rockwood and Paige K. Moorhouse 2 Computer-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems in the Care of Older Patients Marina Martin and Mary K. Goldstein 3 Simplifying the Pill Box: Drugs and Aging Sudeep S. Gill and Dallas P. Seitz 4.1 Breathing Easier: Respiratory Disease in the Older Adult Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer 4.2 Breathing Easier: An Approach to Heart Failure in a Patient with an Aging Heart Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc, Madhuri Reddy and Anita Asgar 5 Clarifying Confusion: Prevention and Managing Delirium Ranjani Aiyar and Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc 6 Preserving the Memories: Managing Dementia Dallas P. Seitz, Philip E. Lee, Sudeep S. Gill and Paula A. Rochon 7 Enjoying the Golden Years: Diagnosing and Treating Depression Stuart Carney and Jane Pearce 8 A Balancing Act: Preventing and Treating Falls& Emily Kwan and Sharon Straus 9 Keeping Dry: Managing Urinary Incontinence Cara Tannenbaum 10 Keeping Things Moving: Preventing and Managing Constipation Shabbir Alibhai and Dov Gandell 11 Preventing and Treating Pressure Ulcers Madhuri Reddy, Sudeep S. Gill, Sunila R. Kalkar, Wei Wu, and Paula A. Rochon 12 Elder Abuse Erik J. Lindbloom, Landon D. Hough, and Karli R. Echterling Urban 13 A Good Death: Appropriate End of Life Care Cari Levy and Jean Kutner Index
List of Contributors Foreword C. Seth Landefeld 1 Function and Frailty: The Cornerstones of Geriatric Assessment Kenneth Rockwood and Paige K. Moorhouse 2 Computer-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems in the Care of Older Patients Marina Martin and Mary K. Goldstein 3 Simplifying the Pill Box: Drugs and Aging Sudeep S. Gill and Dallas P. Seitz 4.1 Breathing Easier: Respiratory Disease in the Older Adult Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer 4.2 Breathing Easier: An Approach to Heart Failure in a Patient with an Aging Heart Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc, Madhuri Reddy and Anita Asgar 5 Clarifying Confusion: Prevention and Managing Delirium Ranjani Aiyar and Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc 6 Preserving the Memories: Managing Dementia Dallas P. Seitz, Philip E. Lee, Sudeep S. Gill and Paula A. Rochon 7 Enjoying the Golden Years: Diagnosing and Treating Depression Stuart Carney and Jane Pearce 8 A Balancing Act: Preventing and Treating Falls& Emily Kwan and Sharon Straus 9 Keeping Dry: Managing Urinary Incontinence Cara Tannenbaum 10 Keeping Things Moving: Preventing and Managing Constipation Shabbir Alibhai and Dov Gandell 11 Preventing and Treating Pressure Ulcers Madhuri Reddy, Sudeep S. Gill, Sunila R. Kalkar, Wei Wu, and Paula A. Rochon 12 Elder Abuse Erik J. Lindbloom, Landon D. Hough, and Karli R. Echterling Urban 13 A Good Death: Appropriate End of Life Care Cari Levy and Jean Kutner Index
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