Case Studies in Geriatric Medicine

This case-based approach to geriatric medicine is suitable for all health professionals and trainees who provide care for the elderly, including interns, residents, geriatric fellows, physicians in practice, and nurse practitioners. Illustrated with more than 40 cases based on the authors’ experience in clinical practice, the examples range from the healthy elderly to those with advanced cognitive or physical impairments. Discussions are evidence based with extensive references, emphasizing differential diagnosis, atypical presentations in late life, age-appropriate medical management, interdisciplinary methods, and care in the context of different health care settings. The authors have distilled a wealth of practical and clinical experience in this area to produce a user-friendly guide to geriatric medicine. This is the ideal study guide for certifying examinations and highly suitable as a textbook for courses in geriatric medicine and gerontology.

Spis treści:
Preface
1. Annual physical
2. Office visit
3. A bad driver
4. Early dementia
5. Moderate dementia
6. Severe dementia
7. Two women with advanced dementia
8. Occupational deterioration
9. Atypical dementia
10. Pseudodementia
11. Chest pain
12. Clearance for surgery
13. Type 2 Diabetes
14. Two patients with hypertension
15. A fall
16. Wheezing
17. Acute hemiparesis
18. Chronic hemiparesis
19. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding
20. Delirium
21. Herbal remedies
22. Insomnia
23. Low vision
24. Recurrent falls
25. Four patients in an osteoporosis clinic
26. Hip fracture
27. Headache
28. Pain
29. Leg ulcer
30. Chronic cough
31. Diarrhea
32. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
33. Urinary incontinence
34. Urinary retention
35. Erectile dysfunction
36. Vaginal bleeding
37. Mother is not herself
38. Failure to thrive
39. Three patients with agitation
40. Weight loss
41. Hypothermia
42. Hyperthermia
43. A centenarian
Index.