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Title Geriatrics / [edited by] Kevin M. Means, Patrick M. Kortebein.

Publication Info. New York : Demos Medical Pub., [2013]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK EBSCOEBC    Downloadable
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 265 pages :) illustrations (some color).
Series Rehabilitation medicine quick reference
Rehabilitation medicine quick reference.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents I Assessment and aging -- Aging: theories and epidemiology -- Age-related changes: Bone -- Age-related changes: cardiovascular -- Age-related changes: central nervous system and cognitive -- Age-related changes: gastrointestinal -- Age-related changes: hearing and vestibular -- Age-related changes: muscular -- Age-related changes: posture and balance -- Age-related changes: pulmonary -- Age-related changes: renal -- Age-related changes: sensory -- Age-related changes: skin -- Age-related changes: visual -- Decision making -- History -- Examination: cognitive -- Examination: musculoskeletal -- Examination: neurologic -- Electrodiagnosis: nerve conduction studies -- Electrodiagnosis: the needle exam - electromyography -- Evaluation of balance and mobility -- Evaluation of depression -- Evaluation of function -- Evaluation of osteoporosis: detection of significant bone loss -- II organ system diseases and disorders -- Anemia -- Blood disorders -- Cancer -- Cardiovascular: amputation -- Cardiovascular: peripheral arterial disease -- Cardiovascular: syncope and orthostatic hypotension -- Cardiovascular: thromboembolic disease -- Depression -- Diabetes mellitus -- Diabetes: the diabetic foot -- Functional decline: deconditioning -- Functional decline: frailty -- Functional decline: sarcopenia -- Gastrointestinal: constipation -- Gastrointestinal: fecal incontinence -- Musculoskeletal: arthritis of the ankle and hind foot -- Musculoskeletal: arthritis of the thumb, fingers, and wrist -- Musculoskeletal: dupuytren's contractures and trigger finger -- musculoskeletal: hip fracture -- Musculoskeletal: joint replacement -- Musculoskeletal: low back pain -- Musculoskeletal: neck pain -- Musculoskeletal: osteoarthritis -- Musculoskeletal: osteoporosis and vertebral fractures -- Musculoskeletal: posterior tibial tendon dysfunction -- Musculoskeletal: shoulder -- Musculoskeletal: spinal stenosis -- Neurologic: Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders -- Neurologic: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neuromuscular disorders -- Neurologic: balance disorders -- Neurologic: carpal tunnel syndrome -- Neurologic: charcot foot -- Neurologic: Delirium -- Neurologic: Dizziness and vertigo -- Neurologic: dysphagia -- Neurologic: falls -- Neurologic: gait disorders -- Neurologic: homonymous hemianopsia -- Neurologic: Parkinson's disease -- Neurologic: Parkinson's disease - postural instability, freezing, and falls -- Neurologic: spinal cord injury -- Neurologic: stroke -- Neurologic: traumatic brain injury -- Rheumatologic: fibromyalgia -- Rheumatologic: giant cell arteritis -- Rheumatologic: polymyalgia rheumatica -- Skin: pressure sores -- Skin: the problem wound -- Special senses: hearing -- Special senses: vision - cataracts -- Special senses: vision - general -- Special senses: vision - glaucoma -- Special senses: vision - macular degeneration -- Urinary incontinence -- III Special topics -- Aging with a developmental disability -- Aging with a spinal cord injury -- Alternative medicine -- Driving evaluation -- Ethics -- Exercise -- home and environmental modifications -- Medicolegal concerns -- Pain management -- Pharmacology: general -- Pharmacology: management of polypharmacy -- Prescription writing: drugs and therapy -- Rehabilitation settings: evaluation for postacute rehabilitation -- Rehabilitation settings: home health care -- Rehabilitation settings: inpatient rehabilitation, acute -- Rehabilitation settings: long-term acute care hospital and adult day care -- Rehabilitation settings: subacute rehabilitation -- Rehabilitation settings: palliative care -- End-of-life care.
Note GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Geriatrics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Older people -- Rehabilitation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Older people -- Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Aging -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Geriatrics.
Aging -- physiology.
MEDICAL / Geriatrics
MEDICAL / Nursing / Gerontology
Aging. (OCoLC)fst00800293
Geriatrics. (OCoLC)fst00941257
Older people -- Diseases. (OCoLC)fst01199100
Older people -- Rehabilitation. (OCoLC)fst01751883
Genre/Form Handbooks.
Handbooks, manuals, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423877
Added Author Means, Kevin M.
Kortebein, Patrick M.
ISBN 9781617050305 (electronic bk.)
161705030X (electronic bk.)
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