Oxford desk reference

by Conroy, Simon Gosney, Margot Harper, Adam, (Geriatrician)

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Title Statements

Full title :Oxford desk reference. / edited by Professor Margot Gosney, professor of elderly care medicine/director clinical health sciences, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust/University of Reading, Reading, Dr Adam Harper, consultant geriatrician, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, Dr Simon Conroy, head of service/senior lecturer, geriatric medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester.

Summary

With an ageing population, there is little doubt that the majority of hospital-based consultants and their teams will care for older patients and the many complications this presents. This book provides an evidence-based guide for both trainees and consultants in geriatric medicine and those interested in geriatric medicine. Designed in line with the core Royal College curriculum, it provides a comprehensive and relevant guide to the issues seen in everyday geriatric medicine practice across the world. Presented in an easy-to-use double page spread format, highly bulleted and concise, Oxford Desk Reference: Geriatric Medicine is ideal for quick referral for both trainees and consultants. Contributions from the leading figures in geriatric medicine throughout the world make this book indispensable for all those working in the field, and for all those who have to deal with older patients.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xxvi, 586 pages, 11 pages of plates : : illustrations (some color) ; : 26 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199592340, 0199592349, 9780191634420, 0191634425, 9781283577342, 1283577348
oclc:ocn800852543
LC Classification:RC952.55
Dewey Decimal:618.97

1. What is geriatric medicine -- The epidemiology of ageing -- The global perspective -- The history of geriatric medicine -- The major influences in geriatric medicine -- What makes geriatric medicine different? -- The concept of frailty -- Evidence-based medicine for older people -- 2.Comprehensive geriatric assessment -- Assessment of physical activity -- Cognitive function assessment -- Assessment of nutrition -- Assessment of urinary incontinence -- Assessing fitness to drive -- Preoperative assessment of older people -- 3. Prescribing in older people -- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics -- Medication review and evidence-based prescribing -- Drug development in older people -- Adverse drug reactions including drug interactions -- 4. Acute illness overview -- The frail older person in the emergency department -- Acute care and frail older people -- 5. Cardiovascular -- Cardiac physiology in old age -- Cardiac investigations.

Hypertension in old age -- Pulmonary oedema -- Left ventricular systolic dysfunction -- Right ventricular dysfunction -- Systolic versus diastolic dysfunction -- Tachyarrhythmias -- Bradyarrhythmias -- Angina -- Acute myocardial infarction -- Indicati…

Subjects

Aged -- physiology Geriatrics Geriatrics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Geriatrics -- methods Gériatrie -- Guides, manuels, etc Gérontologie -- Guides, manuels, etc Gerontology Gerontology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Handbooks and manuals Older people -- Handbooks, manuals, etc… Older people -- Mental health Personnes âgées -- Guides, manuels, etc…