Clinical Geriatrics, Death & Dying 2007

A medical reference text with detailed step-by-step procedures, work-ups and treatments.
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Submitted: 9/16/2007
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< A complete Geriatric medical text.
Topics include: prevention, screening, dementia & delerium, leg ulcers, palliative & hospice care, advanced care, geriatric syndromes, incontinence, constipation, falling, hip fractures, menopause, Alzheimers Disease...

Features: Detailed treatments and workups for a multitude of topics.
Edited by a board certified Geriatrician.

This text contains numerous illustrations and is fully referenced. This file NEVER expires.
Requires either the iSilo reader ($19) or the MobiPocket Reader (FREE, need to obtain the text from Mobipocket.com).
No other text on the market provides such a collection of succinct and clinically relevant material that can be accessed at the bedside.
Note: similar texts selling for 5X as much, why pay paper prices for electronic texts!
Can be read on the desktop or laptop with "iSilo for windows". The free DEMO contains the basic layout with live links to each chapter and sublinks to 1-2 topics per chapter.

SAMPLE OF CONTENTS: Intro | Approach | Prevention | Competency & Driving | Exercise | Rx Meds | Long-Term Care | Adaptive Equipment | *Geriatric SYNDROMES* | Nutrition | Delirium, Dementia & Memory | Skin Ulcers | Advanced Care | Palliative | Hospice | Dying Process | Bad News |
Introduction to Geriatrics: Links: Life Expectancy | Aging Theories | Self-reported Health Status | Physical & Physiologic Changes | Approach to Elderly | Geriatric Syndromes |
Geriatric Syndromes: Links: Pain & Infections | Basic W/u | UTI | Falling | Elderly Abuse | Fecal Incontinence | Urinary Incontinence | Constipation | Hearing Loss | Menopause | Osteoporosis | Hip Fx | Delirium | Dementia | Arthritis | Malnutrition | Wasting Syndrome | Functional Decline | Pressure Ulcers (Decubiti) | Frailty | Approach to general geriatric eval | Gait Eval | Geriatric Depression | INSOMNIA |
Memory and Cognitive Disorders: Links: Normal Memory in Aging | Dissociative Amnesia | Delirium | Dementia | Alzheimer's Disease (AD) | Risks & PV of Dementia | Coma | Basic Competency Assessment |
Alzheimer's Disease (AD): Links: Epidemiology | PP | Risks | PV | Screening | S/s of dementia | Dx | W/u | Tx | Ddx | Sx Progression & Stage | MEDS in AD | Behaviroal Problems & Management Pearls | Severity / Mild Cognitive Impairment | Dementia |
Palliative Medicine: Links: Definitions | Comfort Care | Pain | Oversedation | Myoclonic Jerks | Terminal Delirium | Bowels | Anorexia | Nausea | Other Common Situations | Dyspnea | Withholding / Withdrawing Care | Terminal Sedation & Food-Hydration Withdrawal | Hospice | Talking to Family | Advanced Care Planning | Euthanasia | Spirituality | Dying Process | Coping with Death |
Hospice Care: Links: Principles: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | Tips & Diagnosis Appropriate | Palliative Care | Talking to Family | DNR Orders | Spirituality | Dying Process | Coping with Death |
Dying: Links: Process | Pt's Emotions | Brain Death | Pronouncing Death | Bad News | Coping with Death | Talking to Family | Advanced Care | Palliative | Hospice | Spirituality | Terminal Sedation | Futile Care | Our medical eBooks Homepage: http://clinicalmedconsult.com/

Text was last updated 26 May 2007