Care of the Older Adult

A Clinical Casebook

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

This book is a case-based resource detailing the latest diagnostic and management strategies applicable to a number of carefully selected situations in clinical geriatrics. Each chapter details a specific condition and features descriptions of scenarios that are commonly encountered in the clinical care of older adults, along with suggestions for preventing, improving or resolving health issues.Care of the Older Adult: A Clinical Casebook is a practical, case-based guide to clinical presentations of a range of conditions encountered in older adults, making it a valuable resource for clinicians in geriatrics, primary care and other specialties, fellows and residents preparing for board exams, nurses, and anyone working to improve the health of older adults.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-07-21
Mått:178 x 254 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:477
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783032267603

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Geriatrik inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

About the EditorRonald M. Caplan, MDCM, FACS, FACOG, FRCSCClinical Associate Professor Emeritus, Weill Cornell Medical CollegeAuthor of Long Life Strategy, 2nd edition, Published by Springer (2024)Editor of The Care of the Older Person, 5th edition, Published by Routledge (2023)

Innehållsförteckning

1.The Oldest Old: Perils of Falling.- 2.Frailty in Critically ill Older Adults.- 3.Cognitive Decline in Older Adults.- 4.Alzheimer's Disease.- 5.Clinical Care of Parkinson's Disease in Older Adults.-5. Clinical Care of Parkinson's Disease in Older Adults.- 6.Sensory Loss, Neuropathy.- 7.Delirium in Older Adults.- 8.Cardiac Care in the Older Adult.- 9.Heart Disease in the Older Adult: State of the Art Diagnosis and Treatment.- 10.Best Practices in the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Pulmonary Disease in Older Adults.- 11.Stroke in the Older Adult.- 12.Vascular Problems in the Older Adult.- 13.How to Manage Type 2 Diabetes in Frail Elderly Patients.- 14.Obesity in Older Adults.- 15.Could my Patient be Malnourished?.- 16.Perioperative Care of the Older Adult.- 17.Chronic Kidney Disease Anam Rehan Temple.- 18.Transplantation in the Older Adult.- 19. Postmenopausal bleeding .- 20.Osteoporosis.- 21.Difficulty in Urination and Urinary Incontinence.-22.Bowel Conditions in the Older Adult.- 23.Differentiating skin lesions.- 24.Management of Older Cancer Patients.- 25.Older Adult in the ER.- 26.Care of the Critically Ill Older Patient.- 27.Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in Older Adults.- 28.Arthritis in the Older Adult.- 29.Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica.- 30.Spine Issues in Older Adults.- 31.Orthopedic Trauma.- 32.Knee Replacement.- 33.Managing Abductor Pathology in Older Adults Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty.- 34.Shoulder Arthroplasty.- 35.Hand and Wrist.- 36.Depression in Older Adults.- 37.Sleep Disorders in Older Adults.- 38.Hearing Loss and Aging.- 39.State of the Art Treatment and Technologies for Vision Loss.-40.Health Innovation.