ESSENTIAL GERIATRICS
Second Edition
2010468 Pages Paperback
ISBN-10 1846194261
ISBN-13 9781846194269
Henry Woodford, BSc, MRCP, Consultant in Elderly Medicine, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle
Foreword by Jim George, Hon. Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle, Consultant Physician and Clinical Director, North Cumbria Acute Trust
Description
In an ageing population, those who specialise in the treatment of older people are more essential than ever. The specialty is also becoming more evidence-based as research into care of the elderly grows.
This second edition of Essential Geriatrics has been comprehensively updated and expanded, with entirely new sections on the ageing process and a selection of important topics. In addition there are 100 questions throughout the text in the modern knowledge-based ‘best of five’ format, with answers.
This text specifically focuses on the key aspects of elderly care, spanning both general medicine and the particular problems encountered in geriatrics as a route into the specialty: the subjects chosen typically receive scant coverage in general medical texts. Practical guidance for managing the conditions covered is included at the end of each section, with reasoned approaches to areas where evidence is more scarce.
From reviews of the first edition:
'Strongly recommended to geriatricians of all grades and valuable for all members of the multi-disciplinary team on the shelf of the ward office. Excellent.’ AGE AND AGEING
Eloquently describes the knowledge and experience base essential for practitioners of geriatric medicine.
James George in his Foreword
 Part A: Medicine and old age Age-related changes Therapeutics Rehabilitation End of life Questions Part B: Brain Dementia Delirium Depression Movement disorders Stroke Questions Part C: Bladder and bowel Urinary disorders Bowel disorders Questions Part D: Falls and related topics Dizziness Falls Syncope Osteoporosis Questions Part E: Cardiovascular Heart failure Hypertension Atrial fibrillation Questions Part F: Selected topics Anaemia Arthritis Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Epilepsy Influenza Leg ulcers Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus Motor neuron disease Myopathy Pneumonia Pressure ulcers Type 2 diabetes Questions Appendices Appendix A -Rating scales Appendix B - Abbreviations
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