Geriatrics At Your Fingertips 2004

Geriatrics At Your Fingertips 2004
ISBN-10
1405104430
ISBN-13
9781405104432
Category
Medical
Pages
255
Language
English
Published
2004-02-23
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Author
DAVID B. REUBEN

Description

This new edition of Geriatrics At Your Fingertips is a guide to the evaluation and management of the diseases and disorders that most commonly effect older persons. · Fully updated text, with information on new medications released as recently as November 2003 · New Information based on current clinical guidelines, such as the 2003 JNC 7 Report · New assessment instrument on medication appropriateness · New table on common herbal and alternative medications used by older adults, with side effects and cautions · New sections on hospital discharge planning, carpal tunnel syndrome, skin ulcers, and syncope · New algorithms on evaluation of hypoproliferative anemia, pharmacologic management of osteoarthritis, pain assessment in elders with severe cognitive impairment, and evaluation of suspected pulmonary emboli

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