Screen LibraryOffice care geriatrics
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| Published: |
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 604 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0781761964 9780781761963 |
| Index Number: | R592 |
| CLC: | R592 |
| Call Number: | R592/O322 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The approach to the elderly patient / Mark E. Williams -- Principles of care for older persons / Mudanai Sabapathy and Bruce J. Naughton -- Office-based caregiver support / Jane Marie Thibault and James G. O'Brien -- Rational drug therapy in the elderly / Robert L. Dickman -- Pain control / Michael P. Temporal -- Loss and bereavement in the elderly / Donald P. Bartlett, Marlon Russell Koenigsberg, and Jeffrey M. Moll -- Management of the surgical patient / Peter Pompei -- Substance abuse / Robert Mallin -- Elder abuse: "it shouldn't hurt to be old" / Patricia A. Bomba -- Weight loss in the elderly patient / Russell G. Robertson -- Visual impairment in the elderly / Shariar Farzad, David Sarraf, and Anne L. Coleman -- Hearing difficulty / Roseanne C. Berger and Robert F. Burkard -- Dizziness, syncope, and falls in the elderly / Richard Brunader and Janet Leah Retke -- Low back pain in the elderly / Kim Edward LeBlanc -- Urinary disorders / Richard J. Ackermann -- Sexual function and the older adult / Fran E. Kaiser -- Evaluation and treatment of depression / Robin R. Whitebird ... [et al.] -- Delirium / Sidney T. Bogardus, Jr -- Chronic memory impairment / Thomas C. Rosenthal -- Sleep disorders / Tarannum Alam and Cathy A. Alessi -- Schizophrenia and anxiety in late age / Kim Griswold -- Musculoskeletal problems in the elderly / Kim Edward LeBlanc -- Metabolic bone disease / Ailleen Heras-Herzig and Theresa A. Guise -- Hypertension and lipid disorders / Vinod R. Patel and Thomas C. Rosenthal -- Peripheral arterial disease / Gregory S. Cherr -- Cardiac disease / Tarek Helmy, Amar D. Patel, and Nanette K. Wenger -- Heart failure / Richard W. Pretorius -- Cerebrovascular disease and stroke / William D. Smucker -- Tremor / Lesley D. Wilkinson, Carol Stewart, and Nancy Tyre -- Pulmonary disease in the elderly / Eleanor M. Summerhill -- Renal function and failure / Robert D. Lindeman -- Gynecology and breast disease / Barbara A. Majeroni -- Diabetes and thyroid disorders in the elderly / Sara E. Young, Richelle J. Koopman, and Arch G. Mainous III -- Immune and inflammatory disease in older adults / David R. Thomas -- Oral conditions / Jude A. Fabiano -- Common dermatologic conditions in aging / Charles A. Cefalu and Lee Nesbitt -- Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers: an evidence-based approach / Robert E. Pieroni -- Neoplastic disease / Kenneth G. Schellhase -- Hematology / Gerald L. Logue -- Common infections in the elderly / William A. Woolery -- Common gastrointestinal disorders in the elderly / Kristen M. Robson and Anthony Lembo. |