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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136625103321

Titolo

Geriatrics for Specialists / / edited by John R. Burton, Andrew G. Lee, Jane F. Potter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Geriatrics

Critical care medicine

Primary care (Medicine)

General practice (Medicine)

Nursing

Geriatrics/Gerontology

Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

Primary Care Medicine

General Practice / Family Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frailty -- Delirium -- Emergency Medicine -- Anesthesiology -- General and Trauma Surgery -- Ophthalmology -- Otolaryngology -- Urology -- Orthopedic Surgery -- Vascular Surgery -- Cardiovascular/Thoracic Surgery -- Gynecology -- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation -- The Specialties of Internal Medicine -- Cardiology -- Nephrology -- Gastroenterology -- Endocrinology -- Rheumatology -- Pulmonary Medicine.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the circumstances that lead to the marked increased vulnerability of seniors and are most challenging to clinicians including the presence of multiple chronic medical conditions, variable losses of physiological function, and heterogeneity among individuals. Written by the experts who lead the initiative to deliver high quality surgical and medical care to the elderly, Geriatrics for Specialists is the first book of its kind to provide the comprehensive knowledge



specialists and associated generalists need to deliver quality health care to seniors. With topics on important cross cutting issues like frailty, delirium and polypharmacy and specialty chapters on emergency medicine, anesthesia, many surgical and medical disciplines and rehabilitation, this book provides clinicians the knowledge and tools needed to evaluate, treat and manage the unique needs of seniors. Geriatrics for Specialists was created as a resource for specialist, generalists and allied health professionals and their students and trainees who care for elderly patients.