Geriatrics at Your Fingertips

By David B. Reuben

This new edition of Geriatrics At Your Fingertips is a guide to the evaluation and management of the diseases and disorders that most commonly effect older persons. - Fully updated text, with information on new medications released as recently as November 2003 - New Information based on current clinical guidelines, such as the 2003 JNC 7 Report - New assessment instrument on medication appropriateness - New table on common herbal and alternative medications used by older adults, with side effects and cautions - New sections on hospital discharge planning, carpal tunnel syndrome, skin ulcers, and syncope - New algorithms on evaluation of hypoproliferative anemia, pharmacologic management of osteoarthritis, pain assessment in elders with severe cognitive impairment, and evaluation of suspected pulmonary emboli

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405104430
• ISBN13: 9781405104432
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 255 Pages

Customer Reviews

An old question and a new answer

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