Main description:

Over the past two decades there has been a marked change in global age demographics, with the number of over-60s increasing by 82% and the number of centenarians by 715%. This new-found longevity is testament to the success of recent advances in medicine, but poses significant challenges to multiple areas of health care concerning older patients.

Building upon its predecessor's reputation as the definitive resource on the subject, this new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine offers a comprehensive and multinational examination of the field. Fully revised to reflect the current state of geriatric medicine, it examines the medical and scientific basis of clinical issues, as well as the ethical, legal, and socio-economic concerns for healthcare policy and systems.

Over 170 chapters are broken up into 16 key sections, covering topics ranging from policy and key concepts through to infection, cancer, palliative medicine, and healthy ageing. New material includes focus on the evolving concepts of malnutrition, sarcopenia, frailty, and related geriatric syndromes and integration of geriatric principles from public health, primary and specialized care, and transitional stages from home to emergency, medicine and surgery, rehabilitation, and long term care.

The Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine brings together specialists from across the globe to provide every physician involved in the care of older patients with a comprehensive resource on all the clinical problems they are likely to encounter, as well as on related psychological, philosophical, and social issues.

Contents:

Section 1: Ageing population and policyEdited by Jean-Pierre Michel:
1: David E. Bloom, Elizabeth Mitgang, and Benjamin Osher: Demography of Global Ageing
2: Emily M Grundy and Michael Murphy: Population ageing in Europe
3: Eileen M. Crimmins, Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, Lauren Brown and Yongjie Yon: Ageing in North America: Canada and the United States
4: Carlos M. Paixao Junior, Roberto A. Lourenco and Morales-Martinez: Population ageing in south and central America
5: Bilkish Cassim and Isabella Aboderin: Population ageing in sub-Saharan Africa
6: Du Peng and Cao Ting: Population ageing in Asia
7: Abla Mehio Sibai and Anthony Rizk: Population Ageing in Arab countries
8: Leon Flicker and Ngaire Kerse: Population Ageing in Oceania
9: Jean-Marie Robine and Carol Jagger: Health expectancies
10: Ruth Bell and Michael Marmot: Life course approach to understanding inequalities in health in later life
11: John R Beard, Anne Margriet Pot, and Geeske Peeters: Implications of population ageing for societies and governments
12: Andrew Mason and Ronald Lee: Economic implications of Population Ageing
13: Alexandre Sidorenko and Alan Walker: Policy options for responding to population ageing
Section 2: Key Concepts in care of older adultsEdited by Finbarr C. Martin:
14: H E Syddall and A A Sayer: A lifecourse approach for understanding later life sustainability
15: Barbara Gryglewska, Karolina Piotrowicz and Tomasz Grodzicki: Ageing, multimorbidity and daily functioning
16: Alberto Pilotto and Francesco Panza: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: Evidence
17: George Heckman and Palmi V. Jonsson: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: The Specific Assessment Technology of InterRAI
18: Angela Coulter: Engaging older patients in their treatment and care
19: Kaisu Pitkala, John Gladman and Martin Connolly: Models of health care for older people
20: Jose M Ribera-Casado: History Taking And Physical Examination
21: Rebecca Allwood, Rowan H Harwood: Communication
22: Ellen Flaherty and Terry Fulmer: Interprofessional Team Building and Case Management
23: Lisa Warth, Alana Margaret Officer, John Roland Beard and Norah Keating: Age-friendly environments and their role in supporting Healthy Ageing
24: David G Le Couteur, Andrew J McLachlan and Sarah N Hilmer: Principles Of Medication Management
25: Denis O Mahony: Optimizing Pharmacotherapy for Older Patients
26: Antonio Cherubini and Graziano Onder: Limitations in the evidence for safe and effective medications for older people
27: Torgeir Bruun Wyller and Erik Bautz-Holter: General principles of recovery and rehabilitation
28: Jonathan Martin, Caroline Nicholson and Rob George: The approach of dying and death, and the mourning process of the survivors
29: Reijo Tilvis: Legal and ethical issues in care of older adults
Section 3: Principles and organisation of careEdited by B. Lynn Beattie:
30: Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft: Integrating geriatrics principles into primary care
31: Gideon Caplan: Clinical Interventions in home care
32: Don Melady and Barry J. Goldlist: Geriatric Patients in the Emergency Department
33: Maria E. Carlo, Kwame Frimpong and E. Wesley Ely: Critical Illness and Intensive Care
34: Roger Wong: Older People Presenting to Acute Care Hospitals
35: Liang-Kung Chen: Postacute Care and Intermediate Care
36: Jugdeep Dhesi and Judith Partridge: Pre-operative assessment and peri-operative management
37: Jos M. G. A. Schols and Adam Gordon: Residential and nursing home care; from the past to the future
38: Rebecca Palm and Sabine Bartholomeyczik: Dementia specialist care units
39: Elizabeth Gundersen, Benjamin A. Bensadon and Joseph G. Ouslander, M.D.: Transitions between Care Settings Till Death
Section 4: Age-related biological changes, altered physiology and vulnerability to diseases and chronic conditionsEdited by Jeremy D. Walston:
40: Why do organisms agea
41: Fabbri Elisa, Zoli Marco and Ferrucci Luigi: Age-related Physiologic Declines
42: Fabbri Elisa, Zoli Marco and Ferrucci Luigi: The Emergence of Ageing Phenotypes and Multi-system decline
43: Arun S Karlamangla and Teresa E Seeman: Environment and ageing biology
44: Jintang Wang and Sean X. Leng: Inflammation and its role in ageing and disease
45: Graham Pawelec, Ludmila Muller, Tamas Fuloep: Immune system changes and immunosenescence
46: Emanuele Marzetti, Francesco Landi, Francesca Martini, Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Riccardo Calvani: Mitochondrial Decline and Chronic Conditions of Older Adults
47: Kevin Horgan, Fergus Shanahan, Paul W. O Toole and Deborah Dunn-Walters: Biological significance of gut microbiota changes associated with ageing
Section 5: Geriatric syndromes in clinical practiceEdited by Jeremy D. Walston:
48: Marcel Olde Rikkert: Conceptualizing Geriatric Syndromes
49: Alasdair MacLullich,Edward R. Marcantonio and David Meagher: Delerium
50: Clemens Becker, Jean Woo and Chris Todd: Falls
51: Adrian Wagg: Urinary Incontinence
52: Richard Savdie, Edmund CP and Mr Chidi Molokwu: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostate Cancer
53: Cindy Kiely and Magdalena Pupiales: Pressure ulcers in the ageing population
54: Jose A. Morais: Sarcopenia Definitions and Epidemiology
55: Townsend Benard and Roger A. Fielding: Pathophysiology of Sarcopenia
56: Luis Miguel F. Gutierrez Robledo and Mario Ulises Perez Zepeda: Sarcopenia: assessment, management and outcomes
57: Jeremy Walson: Frailty in older adults
Section 6: Nutrition and metabolismEdited by B. Lynn Beattie:
58: Maria Isabel Toulson Davisson Correia and Simone de Vasconcelos Generoso: Epidemiology of malnutrition in different care settings
59: Francesco Landi, Anna Maria Martone, Riccardo Calvani and Emanuele Marzetti: Anorexia of Ageing
60: Jurgen M. Bauer and Rebecca Diekmann: Protein and energy requirements in health and illness
61: Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari: Vitamin D: Its role in health and disease in older people
62: Cedric Annweiler and Olivier Beauchet: Micronutrients: their roles in health and diseases in older people
63: Gianfranco Gioia, Alessio Molfino, Filippo Rossi Fanelli, and Maurizio Muscaritoli: From nutritional screening to assessment and nutritional plan in community, acute and long term care
64: Mauro Zamboni, Francesco Fantin and Gloria Mazzali: Obesity
65: Stefania Maggi and Gaetano Crepaldi: Metabolic syndrome
66: Leocadio Rodriguez Manas, Marta Castro Rodriguez and Alan J. Sinclair: Management of Diabetes in Older Adults.
Section 7: Mobility disorders: prevention, impact and compensationEdited by Finbarr C. Martin:
67: Stephanie Studenski and Jessie Van Swearingen: Gait Disorders: Clinical Significance and Approach to Evaluation and Management
68: Rene Rizzoli: Osteoporosis in the oldest old: epidemiology, assessment and management
69: Hiroshi Hagino and Akiko Kondo: Common fractures in older adults: Epidemiology and outcomes
70: V. Ana Sanguineti, Jason R. Wild, Bellal Joseph and Mindy J. Fain: Management of Common Fractures in Older Adults
71: Tahir Masud and Paul J. Mitchell: Secondary prevention of fragility fractures: case finding, fracture liaison, falls reduction, injury prevention.
72: Francisco J Blanco: Osteoarthritis
73: Kieran O Sullivan, Kjartan Vibe Fersum, Wim Dankaerts and Peter O Sullivan: Low back pain in older adults: From red flags to functional rehabilitation
74: Alexis Regent and Loic Guillevin: Vasculitides In The Elderly
75: James B Galloway and David L Scott: Management of common types of arthritis in older adults
76: Hylton B. Menz: Foot Problems
77: Tomasz Kostka and Joanna Kostka: Injuries in sports activities in elderly people
78: Jacqueline Close: Orthogeriatrics
Section 8: Infections in Older Adults: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and managementEdited by Jean-Pierre Michel:
79: Michel Moutschen, Henri Martens and Vincent Geenen: Immunosenescence and Infectious Diseases
80: Gaetan Gavazzi, Thibaut Fraisse, Benoit de Wazieres: Epidemiology of infection in elderly populations in various settings
81: Adamantia Liapikou and Antoni Torres: Pneumonia and respiratory tract infections
82: Aparajit Ballav Dey and Ramesh Kandel: Tuberculosis in old age
83: Werner Zimmerli and Parham Sendi: Bone and Periprosthetic Joint Infections in Older Adults
84: Ursula Muller-Werdan and Karl Werdan: Infective endocarditis
85: Amy Justice: Ageing with HIV
86: Benedikt Huttner and Stephan Harbarth: Health care associated infections and emergence of antibiotic resistance
87: Pascal Astagneau, Elise Seringe and Francois Bricaire,: Healthcare-associated infections and infection control
88: Janet E. McElhaney: Vaccines against viral infections
89: Jean-Pierre Michel, Pierre-Olivier Lang and Richard Aspinall: Vaccination in older adults needs to be included a life-course programme
Section 9: Cancer: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and managementEdited by B. Lynn Beattie:
90: Tamas Fulop, Vladimir N. Anisimov, Francis Rodier and Martine Extermann: Cell biology and carcinogenesis in the elderly
91: Shane O'Hanlon and Margot Gosney: Epidemiology of cancers in older adults
92: Anne M Horgan and Shabbir MH Alibhai: Screening for Cancer
93: Nicolo Matteo Luca Battisti and Martine Extermann: Multidisciplinary management, including chemotherapy of solid tumors (lung, breast & colon)
94: Roberto Mina, Alessandra Larocca and Antonio Palumbo: Haemopoietic diseases: Leukemias & Myelomas
Section 10: Vascular diseases: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and managementEdited by Jeremy D. Walston:
95: Hidetaka Ota and Masahiro Akishita: Cardiac and Vascular Ageing
96: Hidenori Arai: Dyslipidemias and other cardio-metabolic risk factors In Older Adults
97: Junichiro Hashimoto, Michael F. O'Rourke: Physical factors in arterial ageing
98: Chung S Lim, Sarah Onida and Alun H Davies: Peripheral Vascular Disease in Older Adults: Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations
99: Gino Gemayel and Afksendiyos Kalangos: Aneurysmal Diseases
100: Simone Warntges, Katrin Schafer and Stavros V. Konstantinides: Pulmonary thromboembolism
101: Hiromi Rakugi, and Tatsuo Kawai,: Hypertension in older adults
102: R. A. Kenny and Conal Cunningham: Syncope and neurocardiovascular instability
103: Mark ONeill, John Whitaker, Jonathan Birns, and Matthew Wright: Management of Atrial Fibrillation and Anticoagulant Therapies
104: James L Harrison and Mark D O Neill: Management of Bradyarrhythmias
105: James L Harrison and Mark D O Neill: Management of Bachyarrhythmias
106: Martina Rafanelli, Francesco Orso and Niccolo Marchionni: Ischemic Heart Disease
107: Alain Cribier and Helene Eltchaninoff: Valvular Heart Disease State of the Art and Treatment Perspectives
108: John Cleland and John Baxter: Heart Failure - Definitions, Investigation & Management
109: Andrew Maiorana, Lis Neubeck, Sian Williams and Keith Hill: Cardiac Rehabilitation
110: Esther M.M. van de Glind, Barbara C. van Munster and Marije E. Hamaker: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Outcomes and Decision Making Processes for Older Adults
Section 11: Neurologic Disorders: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and managementEdited by Finbarr C. Martin:
111: Henry J. Woodford and James George: Examining the nervous system of an older patient
112: Stephane Mathis, Pierre Bouche, Jean-Michel Vallat: Peripheral neuropathies and motor neuron disorders
113: Mark Weatherall: Headaches and Facial Pain
114: Abdullah Bin Zahid and Uzma Samadani: Traumatic brain injury and subdural hematoma
115: Steven C. Schachter: Seizure disorders and management
116: John V. Hindle, Sion Jones and Glesni Davies: Parkinsonism, Parkinson s disease and related conditions
117: Uy Hoang, Abdel Douiri, Salma Ayis, Yanzhong Wang, Anthony Rudd and Charles Wolfe: Stroke: Epidemiology, different types of strokes
118: L. Manning, M. Y. Lam, and T. G. Robinson: Primary and secondary prevention of stroke
119: Jonathan Birns and Ajay Bhalla: Management of acute stroke within the stroke pathway and stroke clinics
120: J.S. K. Kwan, M. M. Y Tse and L. S. W. Li: Neurological Rehabilitation
Section 12: Cognitive decline and dementia in older adults: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and managementEdited by B. Lynn Beattie:
121: John Starr: Normal cognition and ageing: Structure and function, Cognitive reserve
122: Jean Francois Dartigues, Leslie Grasset, Maturin Tabue-Tiguo, Alexandra Foubert, Karine Peres, Catherine Helmer and Helene Amieva: Epidemiology of Alzheimer s Disease: a relevant challenge for long term follow-up of population-based cohort.
123: Francesca Mangialasche , Tiia Nganduand Miia Kivipelto: Cognitive impairment Risk Factors and Prevention
124: H. Tuokko and C. Smart: Neuropsychological evaluation of cognition
125: Pieter Jelle Visser, Nienke Legdeur, Mara ten Kate and Daniela Bertens: Mild Cognitive Impairment
126: Bruno Dubois, Massimo Filippi and Gunhild Waldemar: The Diagnosis of Alzheimer s Disease: Assessment and Criteria
127: Chiadi U. Onyike: Assessment and diagnosis of the non-Alzheimer dementias
128: Jacques Hugon and Claire Paquet: Pharmacological interventions in mild cognitive impairment (mci) and dementia
129: Michelle C. Carlson and Vijay R. Varma: Non-pharmacologic Behavioral Activity Interventions to Prevent Dementia
130: Gabriel Gold and Dina Zekry,: Management of co-morbidities in demented patients
131: Anne Corbett, Clive Ballard and Byron Creese: Evidence-based management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
132: Emma Reynish, Nicola Thomson and Jane Roberson: Caregivers in dementia: Role and Empowerment
133: Yohko Maki, Takashi Sakurai and Kenji Toba: A new model of care for patients with dementia: The Japanese Initiative for Dementia Care
Section 13: Mental health of older adultsEdited by Jean-Pierre Michel:
134: Renzo Rozzini and Marco Trabucchi: Mental health: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management
135: Yohannes Endeshaw and Donald L. Bliwise: Sleep disorders
136: Christine M. Ulbricht, Jacob Hunnicutt, Anne Hume, Camilla B. Pimentel, Jennifer Tjia and Kate L. Lapane: Mood and Anxiety Disorders
137: Luis Aguera-Ortiz: Functional psychoses
138: Ilana Crome and Rahul (Tony) Rao: Older people with substance problems
139: Peter Crome and Amit Arora: Elder Abuse
Section 14: Management of Common medical conditions: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and managementEdited by Finbarr C. Martin:
140: Simon Conroy and Rosa McNamara: Common geriatric emergencies
141: Natalie Ebert and Elke Schaeffner: Management of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease
142: Michael I Macentee: Oral Health and Mouth Diseases.
143: Silvia Carrion and Pere Clave: Gastrointestinal disease in the older population
144: Philippe Ducrotte and Philippe Chassagne: Malabsorption
145: Philippe Chassagne and Frederic Roca: Constipation and faecal incontinence
146: Chang Won Won and Sunyoung Kim: Age-associated breathlessness
147: Ammon M. Fager and Harvey Jay Cohen: Anaemia
148: Alexis McKee and John E. Morley: Endocrinology of Ageing
149: Marcello Maggio, Fulvio Lauretani and Gian Paolo Ceda: Sexuality in Older Persons
150: Christophe Trivalle and Daniel Wallach: Skin diseases more common in older adults
151: Jacqueline Chua, Ching-Yu Cheng and Tien Yin Wong: Common age-related eye diseases and visual impairment
152: Sara K. Mamo, Theresa H. Chisolm and Frank R. Lin: Hearing impairments and their treatments
153: Declan Lyons, Avril Bierne and Joanna Lawson: Dizziness and Vertigo
Section 15: Palliative medicine and end of life careEdited by Jean-Pierre Michel:
154: Why, when, and where do older people diea
155: Viviana Forte and Giovanni Gambassi: Prognostication and Recognition of dying
156: Nele Van Den Noortgate and Elizabeth Sampson: Pain assessment and management in cognitively intact and impaired patients
157: Nele Van Den Noortgate and Elizabeth Sampson: Symptom assessment and management at the end of life
158: Finbarr C Martin, Abdul Abyad, Hidenori Arai, Marcel Arcand, Hashim Hasan Balubaid, B Lynn Beattie, Yitshal N. Berner, Rajiv Mohan Kaushik, Pedro Paulo Marin, Yasuyoshi Ouchi, Marwan Ramadan and Paulina Taboada: Eating and Drinking in Later Life
159: Rehabilitation: additional palliative care approaches
160: Aline De Vleminck and Luc Deliens: Advance Care Planning for Older People
Section 16: Healthy ageingEdited by Jeremy D. Walston:
161: Sebastiano Collino, Blandine Comte, Estelle Pujos Guillot, Claudio Franceschi, Antonio Nunez Galindo, Loic Dayon and Martin Kussmann: Healthy Ageing Phenotypes and Trajectories
162: Ina Voelcker and Alexandre Kalache: Empowerment of the ageing population: a contribution to active ageing
163: Timo E. Strandberg: Midlife risk factors of diseases and geriatric syndromes
164: Stephen D. Anton, Duane Corbett and Todd Manini: Optimizing Physical Activity Across the Lifespan
165: Tommy Cederholm and Mai-Lis Hellenius: Nutrition, ageing and longevity
166: Nicoletta Berardi, Alessandro Sale and Lamberto Maffei: Optimizing cognition in older adults: lifestyle factors, neuroplasticity, cognitive reserve.
167: Osvaldo P. Almeida: Preserving Mental Health and Well-Being
168: Allyson K. Palmer and James L. Kirkland: Clinical Translation of Interventions that Target Ageing: Toward a Longevity Dividend
169: Benjamin Shapiro and L. Jaime Fitten,: Driving, transportation and mobility in the older adult
170: James Podrebarac, Joel Edin, Erik J. Suuronen, Emilio I. Alarcon and May Griffith: Nanosciences and the Medicine of Ageing
171: Tilak Dutta, Babak Taati, Pam Holliday, Yue Li, Steve Pong, Alex Mihailidis and Geoffrey Fernie: Gerontechnology
172: Gunnar Akner: Personalized Medicine for Older Adults
173: Jean-Pierre Michel, B. Lynn Beattie, Finbarr C. Martin and Jeremy Walston: What next for Geriatric Medicine?
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