| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 523 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Clinical pharmacology of ageing / Arduino Mangoni, Paul Jansen and Stephen Jackson -- Dementia, delirium, agitation and behavioural problems / Catherine Bryant -- Depression in elderly patients / Richard Weeks, Ross Kalucy and Jo Hill -- Psychotic illness in elderly patients / Ross Kalucy, Jo Hill and Richard Weeks -- Sleep disorders in the elderly : the pros and cons of prescribing / R. Doug McEvoy and Karin S. Nyfort-Hansen -- Stroke / Joseph A. Harbison and Gary A. Ford -- Orthostatic hypotension, postprandial hypotension and syncope in older patients / René W.M.M. Jansen -- Parkinson's disease / Gerrit Tissingh and Erik Ch. Wolters -- Epilepsy / John O. Willoughby, Joseph Frasca and Emma M. Whitham -- Hypertension / Sanjeev Khindri and Stephen Jackson -- Lipid-lowering in the elderly patient / Anthony S. Wierzbicki -- Acute coronary syndrome / Derek Yiu and Arduino Mangoni -- Heart failure / Arduino Mangoni -- Atrial fibrillation and other rhythm disturbances in the elderly / Abhay Bajpai, Irina Savelieva and A. John Camm -- Valvular heart disease / Andrew T. Elder -- Anticoagulants for thrombosis and embolism in the elderly / Alexander Gallus and Dolly Daniel -- Haematological disorders / Bryone J. Kuss and Sabria Alhashami -- COPD and asthma in the elderly / Martin Connolly and Tina L. Davies -- Pneumonia in the elderly / Peter A. Frith and Karin S. Nyfort-Hansen -- Therapeutic aspects of pulmonary tuberculosis / Paul van den Brande -- Interstitial lung disease in the elderly / Jeffrey Bowden -- Lung cancer in the elderly / Jeffrey Bowden -- Nutritional disorders and the older person / Robert K. Penhall and Renuka Visvanathan -- |
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Mouth and dental disorders / Cees de Baat and Isaac van der Waal -- Swallowing disorders and medication in the elderly / Eddy Dejaeger -- Upper gastrointestinal disorders / Geoffrey S. Hebbard -- Gastric emptying in older patients / Robert J. Fraser -- Lower gastrointestinal disorders / Daniel L. Worthley, Graeme P. Young and Robert J. Fraser -- Abdominal malignancies / Sarah Zaidi and Guy Chung-Faye -- Liver diseases in the elderly / Réme Mountfield and Alan J. Wigg -- Disorders of the lower urinary tract / Adrian Wagg -- Management of benign prostatic hyperplasis in elderly men / Ming Liu and Gordon H. Muir -- Management of erectile dysfunction in the elderly / Kevin Dennison -- Benign gynaecological disorders / Maria Vella, James Balmforth and Linda Cardozo -- Breast cancer in elderly patients / Bogda Koczwara -- Pharmacological management of endocrine conditions in the elderly patient / Nikolai Petrovsky -- Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, polymyalgia rheumatics, gout and pseudogout / E. Michael Shanahan and Stephen Hedger -- Falls, osteoporosis, Paget's disease and osteomalacia / Harald J.J. Verhaar and Paul Jansen -- Drugs and falls / Nathalie van der Velde and Tischa J.M. van der Cammen -- Pressure ulcers / Rob J. van Marum -- Leg ulceration / Gabrielle M. McMullin -- Xerosis and asteatotic eczema / Michael Yeung and Daniel Creamer -- Age-related eye diseases / Genevieve Larkin -- Ear disorders / Wynia Derks and Gerrit Hordijk -- Pain / Albert J.M. van Wijck -- Palliative care in the elderly / Alexander de Graeff and Saskia Teunissen. |
| Summary |
A guide for doctors to quickly choose the right drugs in the right dose for the most important clinical problems in the elderly; Prescribing medications for elderly patients is complex - this book gives clear advice on treatment regimes, drug interactions, adverse effects, and recommended dose changes; Provides practical help with the problems that can arise in reaching an accurate diagnosis in the elderly, recommends clear treatment options, lists key drug interactions and side effects, and advises when to amend doses. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Geriatric pharmacology.
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Drugs -- Prescribing.
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Drug Therapy.
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Aged.
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Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage.
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Pharmacokinetics.
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| Added Author |
Jackson, S. H. D. (Stephen H. D.)
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Jansen, Paul.
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Mangoni, Arduino.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Prescribing for elderly patients. Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 9780470024287 0470024283 (DLC) 2008052790 (OCoLC)280353317 |
| ISBN |
9780470024294 electronic bk. |
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0470024291 electronic bk. |
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