Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine 3e (Oxford Medical Handbooks)

This new edition of the Oxford Handbook in Geriatric Medicine has been expanded and updated to reflect the substantial changes in clinical practice since the previous edition, including the Francis report and the impact on care for the older patient, the National Dementia Strategy and screening, and the evolution of the role of Geriatricians in other specialities. It includes new material on risk scoring management of TIA, and a new chapter on the older surgical patient. With an ageing population, geriatric medicine is increasingly central to emergency and internal medicine in hospital settings and in general practice. Diseases are more common in the older person, and can be particularly difficult to assess and to treat effectively in a field that has limited evidence, yet makes up a substantial proportion of the work of most clinicians. Using clinical vignettes and how-to boxes to provide practical advice on common problems, this is a practical, accessible, and essential handbook for all medical staff who manage older patients. In an ageing population, geriatric medicine has become central to general practice, and to emergency and general internal medicine in the hospital setting. Diseases are more common in the older person, and can be particularly difficult to assess and to treat effectively in a field that has limited evidence, yet makes up a substantial proportion of the work of most clinicians. Fully updated, this second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine includes all the information required to deliver effective geriatric care. Guidance is given on a range of key treatment areas, indicating where practice differs from that of younger adults or is ill informed by evidence, where dangers lurk for the inexperienced clinician, and on the many ethical and clinical dilemmas common in geriatric practice. This accessible handbook is essential reading for all junior doctors and specialist trainees in geriatric medicine and general internal medicine, and for all medical and nursing staff who manage older people. 1: Ageing 2: Organizing geriatric services 3: Clinical assessment of older people 4: Rehabilitation 5: Falls and funny turns 6: Drugs 7: Neurology 8: Stroke 9: Psychiatry 10: Cardiovascular 11: Chest medicine 12: Gastroenterology 13: Renal medicine 1. Ageing -- 2. Organizing Geriatric Services -- 3. Clinical Assessment Of Older People -- 4. Rehabilitation -- 5. Falls And Funny Turns -- 6. Drugs -- 7. Neurology -- 8. Stroke -- 9. Psychiatry -- 10. Cardiovascular -- 11. Chest Medicine -- 12. Gastroenterology -- 13. Renal Medicine -- 14. Homeostasis -- 15. Endocrinology -- 16. Haematology -- 17. Musculoskeletal System -- 18. Pressure Injuries -- 19. Genitourinary Medicine -- 20. Incontinence -- 21. Ears -- 22. Eyes -- 23. Skin -- 24. Infection And Immunity -- 25. Malignancy -- 26. Death And Dying -- 27. Ethics -- 28. Finances -- 29. Peri-operative Medicine. Lesley K. Bowker, James D. Price, Ku S. Shah, Sarah C. Smith. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. The Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine provides user-friendly advice in a field that has limited evidence, yet makes up a substantial proportion of the work of most clinicians.