This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Guest Edited by Drs. Frederick Luchette and Robert D. Barraco, is devoted to Surgery and the Geriatric Patient. Articles in this issue include: Changing Epidemiology of the American Population; Frailty and Prognostication in Geriatric Surgery and Trauma; Utilization of Geriatric Consultation and Team-Based Care; Palliative Care and Geriatric Surgery; Transitions of Care in Geriatric Medicine; Surgical Oncology and the Geriatric Patient; Orthopedic Surgery and the Geriatric Patient; Vascular Surgery and the Geriatric Patient; Elder Abuse; Falls in the Geriatric Population; Driving in the Geriatric Population; and Suicide and the Geriatric Population.
Guest Editor Tomas L. Griebling, MD, MPH has assembled a group of expert authors to review the following topics: Non-Surgical Treatment of Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Women; Outcomes of Surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence in Older ...
Patel KV, Brennan KL, Brennan ML, et al. Association of a modified frailty index with mortality after femoral neck fracture in patients aged 60 years and older. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2014;472(3):1010–7. Tsiouris A, Hammoud ZT, ...
Br J Haematol 2007;138(2):176–85. Morris CL, Siegel E, Barlogie B, et al. Mobilization of CD34 cells in elderly patients (/ 70 years) with multiple myeloma: influence of age, prior therapy, platelet count and mobilization regimen.
Caring for the Geriatric Surgical Patient is covered extensively in this important Surgical Clinics of North America issue.
SCREENING FOR OSTEOPOROSIS Osteoporosis is the change in bone structure and density, which increases the risk of fragility fractures in adults even in the absence of falls.37 These fractures can lead to hospitalization, ...
Hill RM, Robinson CM, Keating JF. Fractures of the pubic rami: epidemiology and 5 year survival. J Bone Joint Surg Br 2001;83-B:1141–4. Bible JE, Wegner A, McClure JM, et al. One-year mortality after acetabular fractures in elderly ...
CLINICS. IN. GERIATRIC. MEDICINE. SERIES OF RELATED INTEREST Hematology/Oncology Clinics Medical Clinics of North ... 2019 Surgery and the Geriatric Patient Fred A. Luchette and Robert D. Barraco, Editors CLINICS IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE ...
In this issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest editors Steven H. Feinsilver and Margarita Oks bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Sleep in the Elderly.
Schulenberg E, Schule S, Lehnert T. Emergency surgery for complications related to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. Endoscopy 2010;42(10): 872–4. Singh A, Gelrud A. Adverse events associated with percutaneous enteral access.
In this issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest editors Edward Schneider and Brandon K. Koretz bring their considerable expertise to the topic of polypharmacy. Provides in-depth reviews on...