Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine

by Evans, J. Grimley; Williams, T. Franklin; Beattie, B. Lynn; Michel, J-P.; Wilcock, G. K.

• ISBN13: 9780192628305
• ISBN10: 0192628305
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine substantially improves on its predecessor. It is the definitive international reference book on an emerging and inescapable medical discipline. There are three new international editors, and many new contributors. Whereas the firstedition was designed to complement general textbooks of medicine, this edition stands alone as a reference on all aspects of the medical care of older persons. There is more detailed clinical information on every disease, and this information is given with reference to the changes that take placewith ageing, and the resultant appropriate guidance on management and prevention in older patients. There are major sections on common problems in older patients such as incontinence, falls, and delirium. The coverage of ethics, outcomes, legal issues, long-term institutional care, communication,the provision of services, community-orientated support services, and the contribution of non-medical specialists to theory and practice in the care of older persons has been strengthened. There are outstanding new sections on autonomic dysfunction, nutrition, back pain, measurement of quality of life, healthy life-expectancy, arterial disease, failure to thrive, sexuality, perioperative care, and special problems such as elder abuse and driving. There is also a section on usefulinformation, containing various tests and scales. The sections on stroke, memory, cardiovascular disease, the respiratory system, nephrology and the genitourinary system, and neurology and psychiatry, have been substantially revised and updated. The need to balance, for the individual patient, the potential for benefit from modern technology, with risks of ill-effects is central to the practice of medicine in an ageing society. Fortunately, there is a growing literature with evidence for the appropriate management of older persons. Thecontributors give clear guidance on management, based on a review of the available evidence and emphasizing where these data are limited; and all chapters have been edited by clinicians actively involved in the day-to-day problems of older people. The Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine has an international perspective, with specialist contributors from nine countries. It will 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 onrelated psychological, philosophical, and social issues.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	xi
Preface to the first edition	xv
Preface to the second edition	xv
Foreword	xvi
Introduction	1	(6)
John Grimley Evans
Section 1 The ageing of populations and communities
Demography of older populations in developed countries	7	(13)
Kevin Kinsella
Richard Suzman
Jean-Marie Robine
George Myers
Social aspects of ageing	20	(6)
Daniel O. Clark
Population ageing in developing countries: demographic aspects	26	(9)
Alexandre Kalache
Ingrid Keller
Section 2 Biological aspects of ageing
Biological origins of ageing	35	(7)
Thomas B.L. Kirkwood
Biological mechanisms of ageing	42	(13)
George M. Martin
Section 3 Infections
Epidemiology of infectious diseases	55	(9)
Ann R. Falsey
Infection control	64	(4)
J.-P. Michel
M. Lutters
N. Vogt
K.H. Krause
Immunity and ageing	68	(12)
Jacques J. Proust
Immunization	80	(11)
Janet E. McElhaney
Section 4 Injuries
The epidemiology of proximal femoral fracture	91	(7)
John Grimley Evans
Injury in old age	98	(5)
John E. Clague
Michael A. Horan
Pressure ulcers	103	(8)
W.O. Seiler
Hannes B. Stahelin
Falls and syncope	111	(14)
R.A. Kenny
Section 5 Clinical pharmacology and ageing	125	(312)
B. Robert Meyer
Section 6 Nutrition and ageing
Nutrition and ageing	139	(12)
David A. Lipschitz
Vitamins	151	(7)
Hannes B. Stahelin
Anorexia of ageing	158	(13)
Hosam K. Kamel
John E. Morley
Section 7 Endocrine and metabolic disorders
Disorders of the thyroid gland	171	(9)
Paul J. Davis
Paul R. Katz
Hypo- and hypercalcaemia	180	(9)
Lawrence G. Raisz
Carol C. Pilbeam
The postmenopausal woman	189	(13)
S. Mitchell Harman
Marc R. Blackman
The hypothalamic-pituitary axes	202	(8)
S. Mitchell Harman
Marc R. Blackman
Diabetes	210	(11)
G.S. Meneilly
Section 8 Gastroenterology
Oral health and disease	221	(23)
Michele J. Saunders
Dysphagia	244	(6)
Pam Enderby
Disorders of the oesophagus	250	(20)
Richard Curless
Disease of the stomach	270	(8)
Makau Lee
Management of gastrointestinal haemorrhage	278	(7)
J.D. Shearman
D.P. Jewell
Diseases of the small intestine and pancreas	285	(15)
John R. Saltzman
Nicholas Karamitsios
Colonic diseases	300	(11)
William D. Chey
William Y. Chey
Hepatobiliary disease	311	(12)
Mujtaba Hasan
Ken Woodhouse
Section 9 Cardiovascular disorders
Cardiovascular disorders	323	(20)
Edward G. Lakatta
Gary-Gerstenblith
Peripheral arterial disease	343	(5)
Linda Hands
Aneurysmal disease	348	(5)
Linda Hands
Venous diseases	353	(6)
Alain Franco
Jean-Luc Bosson
Carole Woodward
Hypertension	359	(8)
C. Rajkumar
C.J. Bulpitt
Cardiac arrhythmias	367	(13)
W.P. Orr
Y. Bashir
Atrial fibrillation and anticoagulation	380	(6)
J.P. Emeriau
S. Richard Hartson
N. Salles Montaudon
Cardiovascular disease risk factors	386	(8)
Kay-Tee Khaw
Myocardial infarction	394	(8)
Gaetano Crepaldi
Roldano Scognamiglio
Angina	402	(6)
G. Hart
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation	408	(9)
J.W. Sear
Heart failure	417	(11)
Christian Swinne
Infective endocarditis	428	(9)
Raymond Auckenthaler
Section 10 Cancer: an overview	437	(276)
W. Bradford Patterson
Paul Calabresi
Section 11 Stroke
The epidemiology of stroke	451	(4)
Haruko Yamamoto
Julien Bogousslavsky
The prevention of stroke	455	(7)
Nawab Qizilbash
John Grimley Evans
Pathology of stroke	462	(7)
Nigel M. Hyman
Care for the patient with stroke	469	(14)
John Grimley Evans
Section 12 The ageing respiratory system
Age-associated changes in pulmonary reserve	483	(15)
Bruce D. Johnson
Respiratory infections	498	(10)
Joseph M. Mylotte
David W. Bentley
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	508	(14)
Sarah Keir
Lindsey Dow
Pulmonary embolism	522	(10)
Arnaud Perrier
Catherine Goehring
Alain Junod
Tuberculosis	532	(13)
Shobita Rajagopalan
Thomas T. Yoshikawa
Section 13 Joints and connective tissue
Management of rheumatoid arthritis	545	(13)
Evan Calkins
John D. Reinhard
Back pain	558	(8)
Nortin M. Hadler
Osteoarthritis	566	(9)
Lyn Williamson
Paul Wordsworth
Gout and other crystal arthropathies	575	(5)
J.T. Scott
Polymalgia and giant cell arteritis	580	(5)
John H. Klippel
Thurayya Arayssi
Connective tissue disorders	585	(8)
John H. Klippel
Thurayya Arayssi
Soft tissue rheumatism	593	(9)
Thurayya Arayssi
John H. Klippel
Foot problems	602	(15)
Arthur E. Helfand
Section 14 Disorders of the skeleton
Involutional osteoporosis	617	(9)
S. Khosla
L. Joseph Melton III
B. Lawrence Riggs
Osteomalacia	626	(6)
Carol C. Pilbeam
Lawrence G. Raisz
Paget's disease of bone	632	(6)
Ronald C. Hamdy
Infections of bone	638	(9)
Vinod K. Dhawan
Thomas T. Yoshikawa
Section 15 Nephrology and the genitourinary system
Disorders of fluid and electrolyte balance	647	(7)
Eric L. Knight
Kenneth L. Minaker
Renal disease	654	(10)
Terry Feest
Bladder structure and function	664	(13)
Alison F. Brading
Kossen M.T. Ho
Urinary incontinence	677	(13)
Catherine E. DuBeau
Benign prostatic disease	690	(10)
Roger C.L. Feneley
Andrea M. Cannon
Urinary tract infection	700	(13)
Lindsay E. Nicolle
Section 16 Disorders of the blood	713	(8)
Harvey Jay Cohen
Section 17 Skin disease	721	(316)
Arthur K. Balin
Section 18 Neurology and psychology
Examination of the nervous system	741	(7)
Jonathan P. Willmer
Sleep disorders	748	(16)
Donald L. Bliwise
Subdural haematoma	764	(5)
Andrew J. Martin
John R. Bartlett
Epilepsy and epileptic seizures	769	(12)
Raymond Tallis
Parkinson's disease and related disorders	781	(8)
Barry J. Snow
Motor neurone disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)	789	(8)
Andrew Eisen
Peripheral neuropathy	797	(6)
Pierre Bouche
Intracranial tumours	803	(4)
Gordon K. Wilcock
Intracranial abscess	807	(5)
Peter Heywood
Meningitis and encephalitis	812	(11)
Norman L. Pflaster
John C. M. Brust
Mobility disorders---how to evaluate and treat the effects of age and disease	823	(10)
Joy Antonelle deMarcaida
Leslie Wolfson
Autonomic dysfunction	833	(19)
Christopher J. Mathias
Temperature homeostasis	852	(5)
Kenneth J. Collins
Hypothermia	857	(36)
Peter J. Murphy
Vision
The eye and senescence	863	(11)
Robert A. Weale
Visual perception and cognition	874	(7)
Robert Sekuler
Allison B. Sekuler
Poor vision	881	(12)
Eleanor E. Faye
Disorders of hearing	893	(6)
A. Julianna Gulya
Impairments of taste and smell	899	(7)
Susan S. Schiffman
Memory and ageing	906	(11)
Lars Backman
Brent J. Small
Maria Larsson
Cognition	917	(5)
Peter V. Rabins
Dementia	922	(10)
Robert P. Friedland
Gordon K. Wilcock
Disordered levels of consciousness and acute confusional states	932	(6)
Kenneth Rockwood
Head injury	938	(9)
G. P. Malcolm
Headaches and facial pain	947	(3)
James Howe
Dizziness	950	(13)
W.J. MacLennan
Section 19 Voluntary muscle
Strength and power	963	(5)
Stephen D. R. Harridge
Archie Young
Aerobic exercise	968	(4)
Katie E. Malbut-Shennan
Carolyn A. Greig
Archie Young
Muscle as a dynamic metabolic store	972	(7)
Richard D. Griffiths
Eric A. Newsholme
Archie Young
Muscle disease	979	(8)
Archie Young
Section 20 Psychiatric aspects of the medicine of later life
Depression	987	(13)
Robert C. Baldwin
Anxiety, paranoid, and manic disorders	1000	(8)
Kenneth I. Shulman
Alcoholism	1008	(14)
Thomas P. Beresford
Providing care for elderly people who exhibit disturbing behaviour	1022	(7)
Terry Fulmer
Graham J. McDougall
Ivo L. Abraham
Rachel Wilson
Sexual activity	1029	(8)
John M. Kellett
Section 21 Perioperative assessment and management	1037	(14)
Diane G. Snustad
Richard W. Lindsay
Section 22 Legal and ethical issues in geriatric medicine	1051	(86)
Heather MacDonald
Charles Weijer
Peter Singer
Section 23 Services
Principles of care	1065	(3)
John Grimley Evans
Institutional care	1068	(8)
Gabriel Gold
Vincent Marchello
The geriatric day hospital	1076	(6)
Irene D. Turpie
Stroke units	1082	(8)
Peter Langhorne
Memory disorders clinics	1090	(7)
Gorden K. Wilcock
Home care: issues and innovations	1097	(7)
Bruce Leff
Knight Steel
Intensive care units	1104	(9)
Barry J. Goldlist
Symptom management and palliative care	1113	(13)
Mary J. Baines
Nigel P. Sykes
Health promotion, screening, and surveillance	1126	(11)
Christopher Patternson
Section 24 Exercise and lifestyle	1137	(10)
Sarah E. Lamb
Section 25 Assessing quality of life	1147	(62)
Ray Fitzpatrick
Claire Davey
Section 26 Special problems
Driving and mobility	1157	(7)
Desmond O'Neill
Elder mistreatment	1164	(6)
Dorrie E. Rosenblatt
Mark S. Lachs
Failure to thrive	1170	(5)
B. Lynn Beattie
Jason Francoeur
Consequences of immobility	1175	(5)
W.O. Seiler
Frailty	1180	(29)
Gary Naglie
Section 27 Useful information
Index	1209