Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine

Holroyd-Leduc, Jayna / Reddy, Madhuri (Herausgeber)

Evidence-Based Medicine

1. Auflage April 2012
202 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-4443-3718-1

John Wiley & Sons

Kurzbeschreibung

The latest addition to the Evidence-Based Book series, Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine provides non-geriatrician clinicians an overview of key topics central to the care of the older patient. This guide focuses on the management of common problems in the elderly taking into account their life situations as well as treatment of specific conditions. Leading geriatricians with expertise in evidence-based medicine utilize the best available evidence and present this information in a concise, easy-to-use, question-based format. Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine is a unique guide to the optimum management of older patients.

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List of Contributors

Foreword C. Seth Landefeld

1 Function and Frailty: The Cornerstones of Geriatric Assessment

Kenneth Rockwood and Paige K. Moorhouse

2 Computer-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems in the Care of Older Patients

Marina Martin and Mary K. Goldstein

3 Simplifying the Pill Box: Drugs and Aging

Sudeep S. Gill and Dallas P. Seitz

4.1 Breathing Easier: Respiratory Disease in the Older Adult

Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer

4.2 Breathing Easier: An Approach to Heart Failure in a Patient with an Aging Heart

Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc, Madhuri Reddy and Anita Asgar

5 Clarifying Confusion: Prevention and Managing Delirium

Ranjani Aiyar and Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc

6 Preserving the Memories: Managing Dementia

Dallas P. Seitz, Philip E. Lee, Sudeep S. Gill and Paula A. Rochon

7 Enjoying the Golden Years: Diagnosing and Treating Depression

Stuart Carney and Jane Pearce

8 A Balancing Act: Preventing and Treating Falls&

Emily Kwan and Sharon Straus

9 Keeping Dry: Managing Urinary Incontinence

Cara Tannenbaum

10 Keeping Things Moving: Preventing and Managing Constipation

Shabbir Alibhai and Dov Gandell

11 Preventing and Treating Pressure Ulcers

Madhuri Reddy, Sudeep S. Gill, Sunila R. Kalkar, Wei Wu, and Paula A. Rochon

12 Elder Abuse

Erik J. Lindbloom, Landon D. Hough, and Karli R. Echterling Urban

13 A Good Death: Appropriate End of Life Care

Cari Levy and Jean Kutner

Index

"This is a good book for lay caregivers and support personnel training to provide care, as it includes many options for consideration." (Doody's, 10 August 2012)

Dr. Jayna Holroyd-Leduc is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She received her medical degree at the University of Toronto, Canada. She completed residency training in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at the University of Toronto, before completing a research fellowship in Geriatrics and Quality Improvement at the San Francisco VA Medical Centre and the University of California, San Francisco. Her research interests include systematic reviews, knowledge translation, clinical decision support and improving care provided to older patients. She is the University of Calgary Geriatric Medicine Training Program Director and the Department of Medicine QI Lead.

Madhuri Reddy MD MSc is an Internist and Geriatric Medicine specialist. She is currently Director of the Wound Healing Clinic at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She has published several original research papers, been editor or on the editorial board of several publications, has written book chapters for clinicians, as well as a book for patients and their caregivers on the care of chronic wounds (Healing Wounds, Healthy Skin). Dr Reddy completed her Geriatric Medicine training at the University of Toronto in Canada.