Intro -- Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- 1 Function and frailty: the cornerstones of geriatric assessment -- 2 Computer-based clinical decision support systems in the care of older patients -- 3 Simplifying the pillbox: drugs and aging -- 4 Breathing easier: respiratory disease in the older adult -- 5 Breathing easier: an approach to heart failure in a patient with an aging heart -- 6 Clarifying confusion: prevention and managing delirium -- 7 Preserving the memories: managing dementia -- 8 Enjoying the golden years: diagnosing and treating depression -- 9 A balancing act: preventing and treating falls -- 10 Keeping dry: managing urinary incontinence -- 11 Keeping things moving: preventing and managing constipation -- 12 Preventing and treating pressure ulcers -- 13 Elder Abuse -- 14 A good death: appropriate end-of-life care -- Index.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.