Evidence-based geriatric medicine
Subtitle: a practical clinical guide
By: edited by Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc and Madhuri Reddy
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781444337181
Subjects: Geriatric Assessment; Aging; Geriatrics; Methods; Aged; Evidence-Based Medicine; Physiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Function and frailty : the cornerstones of geriatric assessment / Kenneth Rockwood and Paige K. Moorhouse; title: Computer-based clinical decision support systems in the care of older patients / Marina Martin and Mary K. Goldstein; title: Simplifying the pill box : drugs and aging / Sudeep S. Gill and Dallas P. Seitz; title: Breathing easier : respiratory disease in the older adult / Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer; title: Breathing easier : an approach to heart failure in a patient with an aging heart / Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc, Madhuri Reddy, and Anita Asgar; title: Clarifying confusion : prevention and managing delirium / Ranjani Aiyar and Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc; title: Preserving the memories : managing dementia / Dallas P. Seitz ... [et al.]; title: Enjoying the golden years : diagnosing and treating depression / Stuart Carney and Jane Pearce; title: A balancing act : preventing and treating falls / Emily Kwan and Sharon Straus; title: Keeping dry : managing urinary incontinence / Cara Tannenbaum; title: Keeping things moving : preventing and managing constipation / Shabbir Alibhai and Dov Gandell; title: Preventing and treating pressure ulcers / Madhuri Reddy ... [et al.]; title: Elder abuse / Erik J. Lindbloom, Landon D. Hough, and Karli R. Echterling Urban; title: A good death : appropriate end of life care / Cari Levy and Jean Kutner.