Geriatric Medicine : A Person Centered Evidence Based Approach / / edited by Michael Wasserman, Debra Bakerjian, Sunny Linnebur, Sharon Brangman, Adrienne Mims, Jerry C. Johnson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910768182503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
• ISBN: 3-030-01782-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XV, 1485 p. 20 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
• Disciplina: 610
• Soggetti: Older people (Medical care); Family medicine; Geriatrics; Public health; Nursing; Emergency medicine; Orthopedics; General Practice / Family Medicine; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Public Health; Emergency Medicine; Geriatria; Llibres electrònics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: The Geriatric Approach to Care: the 5M’s -- Person centered care: Appropriate goal setting in older adults -- Caring for patients in an evidence-limited world: Evidence-based medicine and geriatrics -- Principles of pharmacology: Prescribing and Deprescribing -- Social Determinants of Health -- Medico-legal issues in the care of older adults -- Ethical and policy issues in the care of older adults -- Assessment instruments -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment -- Healthy aging and the annual wellness visit -- Neuropsychological ; testing -- Determination of decision-making capacity -- Primary Care -- Acute hospital care -- Surgical care -- Care in the Community -- Nursing home care -- Palliative care -- Cardiovascular disease -- Endocrine disease -- Hematologic disorders and malignancies -- Nephrology/fluid and electrolyte disorders -- Dermatologic and Mucocutaneous Disorders -- Changes and diseases of the aging eye -- Otologic changes and disorders -- Aging and the oral cavity -- Rheumatologic and Bone Disorders -- Sexuality and the Genitourinary system -- Cancer in the elderly: An overview -- Disorders of the Brain -- Depression, Anxiety and other mood disorders -- Delirium -- Pain -- Pressure injury and chronic wounds -- Gait disorders and falls -- Chronic dizziness and vertigo -- Sleep and sleep disorders -- Elder mistreatment and abuse -- Frailty -- Population health for older adults -- Mechanisms of paying for health care -- Interdisciplinary Care and Care Coordination -- Quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) -- The demography and epidemiology of aging -- Molecular and biologic factors in aging -- Physiology of aging -- Immunology of aging.
• Sommario/riassunto: The fifth edition of this text presents a comprehensive and state-of the-art update that incorporates existing literature, clinical experience, and over 40 new peer-reviewed chapters. Written by interdisciplinary and interprofessional experts in geriatric medicine, this book serves as an unparalleled resource for all clinicians serving the needs of aging patients, the most rapidly increasing demographic across all nations. The book begins with a brief review of the basic science before delving into the most common symptoms, diseases, and syndromes as they present in older patients. With a new focus on patient centered care, this edition guides professionals of all specialties who may or may not be familiar with the unique needs of aging patients. The book covers the topics most vital to the previous edition—acute and chronic pain, home care, frailty, and others—while also including as well as new concepts of equal importance, such as deprescribing, concepts in person centered and integrated care, and multimorbidity. Geriatric Medicine, Fifth Edition, serves as the ultimate guide for all medical professionals encountering older patients, including those with or without training in geriatric medicine, general practitioners, subspecialists, hospitalists, nurses and all others.