Geriatrics for Specialists

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Frailty

   • Jeremy D. Walston

   Pages 1-10

3. Delirium

   • Thomas N. Robinson

   Pages 11-17

4. Preoperative Evaluation

   • Mark R. Katlic, Susan E. Wozniak, Jo Ann Coleman

   Pages 19-28

5. Psychiatric Disorders in Older Adults

   • Kelly L. Dunn, Robert Roca

   Pages 29-39

6. Medication Management

   • Nicole J. Brandt, Hedva Barenholtz Levy

   Pages 41-50

7. Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

   • Danielle J. Doberman, Elizabeth L. Cobbs

   Pages 51-69

8. Hospital Medicine

   • Serena Jain Scott, Tejo K. Vemulapalli, Mindy J. Fain

   Pages 71-85

9. Screening Tools for Geriatric Assessment by Specialists

   • Jane F. Potter, G. Michael Harper

   Pages 87-94

10. Cardiothoracic Surgery

    • Joseph C. Cleveland Jr

    Pages 95-99

11. Emergency Medicine

    • Teresita M. Hogan, Thomas Spiegel, Jonathan Oskvarek

    Pages 101-115

12. Geriatric Trauma and Emergency General Surgery

    • Bellal Joseph, Omar Obaid, Mindy J. Fain

    Pages 117-135

13. Special Evidence-Based Considerations in Geriatric Gynecologic Care: Pelvic Floor Disorders

    • Kyle P. Norris, Jana D. Illston, Joseph M. Malek, David R. Ellington, Holly E. Richter

    Pages 137-158

14. Geriatric Cross-Cutting Issues in Ophthalmology

    • Andrew G. Lee, Hilary A. Beaver

    Pages 159-168

15. Geriatric Orthopedic Surgery

    • Stephen L. Kates, Jason S. Lipof, Stephen D. Wahl

    Pages 169-182

16. Rehabilitation

    • Dale C. Strasser

    Pages 183-192

17. Urology

    • Tomas L. Griebling

    Pages 193-208

18. Vascular Surgery

    • Jonathan R. Thompson, Jason Johanning

    Pages 209-218

19. Rheumatology

    • Rebecca L. Manno, Jason E. Liebowitz

    Pages 219-238

20. Cardiovascular Disease

    • Susan P. Bell, Michael W. Rich

    Pages 239-260

This book aims to be a single point of reference for advances in the care of geriatric populations across medical and surgical specialties. The aging population is a unique demographic with its own health challenges. Geriatricians are specifically trained to address these challenges but few medical students or residents enter geriatrics, even as the demand for geriatric expertise increases. The practices of many medical and surgical specialists are dominated by older patients who may themselves see many specialists but rarely visit geriatricians. This updated edition elucidates the most common medical conditions seen in aging patients and translates approaches to those conditions for physicians across specialties. Divided into three sections that assemble crosscutting issues, medical specialties, and surgical and related specialties, this book serves as a guide for clinicians of all backgrounds who will work with older patients as the demographic ages further.



This second edition of Geriatrics for Specialists expands the number of specialist chapters to reflect growth in research in aging and clinical care for older people in dermatology, plastic surgery, and behavioral neurology. All original chapters from the first edition are extensively revised and updated to reflect the rapid growth of new knowledge in the field.

• Frailty
• Hospital care of older patients
• Perioperative assessment in aging patients
• Geriatric subspecialties
• Geriatric health disparities
• Aging comorbidities
• Medication management

• Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA

  Andrew G. Lee

• Home Instead Center for Successful Aging, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA

  Jane F. Potter

• San Francisco VA Health Care System, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

  G. Michael Harper

Andrew G. Lee

Houston Methodist Hospital

Chair, Department of Ophthalmology

Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery

Professor of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical College

New York, NY

USA

Jane F. Potter

Professor of Medicine

Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Care

Home Instead Center for Successful Aging

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE

USA  

G. Michael Harper

Professor of Medicine

Division of Geriatrics

University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Staff Physician, San Francisco VA Health Care System

San Francisco, CA

USA

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