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With people aged 65 years and older currently making up the fastest growing age group throughout the world, the demographic revolution of an aging society will inevitably lead to increased pressure to develop a rationalistic and age-tailored process of diagnosis and treatment among the elderly. As a...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Vienna ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0912-0 |
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With people aged 65 years and older currently making up the fastest growing age group throughout the world, the demographic revolution of an aging society will inevitably lead to increased pressure to develop a rationalistic and age-tailored process of diagnosis and treatment among the elderly. As aging people often suffer from several chronic diseases and are being treated with multiple medications concurrently, unwanted drug interactions occur more frequently. Whereas recent approaches have recommended to remove particular drugs from the medication regimen to avoid adverse effects, Drug Therapy for the Elderly underlines both indispensable and dispensable elements of drug treatment, providing the practitioner with:- Background information on the elderly population regarding their needs for particular drugs (with an eye to frailty, co-morbidity patterns, and special sensitivities regarding drug metabolism and excretion)- Practical advice about drug treatment surveillance parameters in the elderly- In-depth discussion of drugs in relation to the elderly with specific diagnoses- Integration of multimorbidity/polypharmacy situations into prioritization schemes- A plan for how to deal with the complexity of polypharmacy situations in a five-minute consultationAn original classification of drugs is proposed by the editor which relates the power of effects, prognostic data, and tolerability to a prioritization scoring system. This approach is the first to not only provide a negative listing, but also integrates positive data into an overall assessment for drugs fit for the aged. Therefore, Drug Therapy for the Elderly serves as a timely reference for a wide array of physicians. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9783709109120 (electronic bk.) 3709109124 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | RC953 |
| CLC: | R453 |
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General aspects -- Heterogeneity and Vulnerability of Older Patients / Epidemiologic Aspects / Age-Associated General Pharmacological Aspects / Critical Extrapolation of Guidelines and Study Results: Risk-Benefit Assessment for Patients with Reduced Life Expectancy and a New Classification of Drugs According to Their Fitness for the Aged / Inappropriate Medication Use and Medication Errors in the Elderly / Special aspects with respect to organ systems based on geriatric clinical importance -- Arterial Hypertension / Heart Failure / Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke / Atrial Fibrillation / Diabetes Mellitus / Obstructive Lung Diseases / Osteoporosis / Parkinson's Disease / Therapy of Chronic Pain / Dementia / Depression / Sleep Disorders / Treatment Decisions and Medical Treatment of Cancer in Elderly Patients / Pharmacotherapy and geriatric syndromes -- Fall Risk and Pharmacotherapy / Central Nervous System (CNS) Medications and Delirium / Pharmacotherapy and Special Aspects of Cognitive Disorders in the Elderly / Pharmacotherapy and Incontinence / Immobility and Pharmacotherapy / Pharmacotherapy and the Frailty Syndrome / Further problem areas in gerontopharmacotherapy and pragmatic recommendations -- Adherence to Pharmacotherapy in the Elderly / Polypharmacy / Inappropriate Prescribing in the Hospitalized Elderly Patient / |