Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine - Softcover

Chatterjee, Prasun

 
9789366162232: Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine

Synopsis

SECTION 1: PRINCIPLES OF GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY
CHAPTER 1: Global Demography and India's Perspective
CHAPTER 2: Theories of Aging
CHAPTER 3: Physiological Changes with Aging
CHAPTER 4: Immunology of Aging
CHAPTER 5: Psychological Changes of Aging
CHAPTER 6: Multimorbidity
CHAPTER 7: Longevity and Anti-aging
CHAPTER 8: Oral Health in Older Adults
CHAPTER 9: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, Approach to Geriatric Patients
CHAPTER 10: Government Schemes for Senior Citizens


SECTION 2: GERIATRIC SPECIFICS
CHAPTER 11: Healthy Aging and Intrinsic Capacity
CHAPTER 12: Frailty
CHAPTER 13: Sarcopenia
CHAPTER 14: Fall
CHAPTER 15: Syncope in Elderly
CHAPTER 16: Incontinence
CHAPTER 17: Polypharmacy and Potentially Inappropriate Medications
CHAPTER 18: Pressure Ulcer
CHAPTER 19: Delirium
CHAPTER 20: Cardiac Frailty and Heart Failure in Elderly
CHAPTER 21: Sleep-disorders
CHAPTER 22: Elder Abuse
CHAPTER 23: Diseases of Aging Eye
CHAPTER 24: Mild Cognitive Impairment
CHAPTER 25: Major Neurocognitive Disorder
CHAPTER 26: Obesity in Elderly
CHAPTER 27: Mobility Issue
CHAPTER 28: Osteoarthritis and Other Degenerative Joint Diseases
CHAPTER 29: Osteoporosis
CHAPTER 30: Psychiatric Disorders in Older Population: Depression, Anxiety Disorder, Somatoform Disorder and Schizophrenia
CHAPTER 31: Hearing Impairment in Elderly
CHAPTER 32: Vertigo in Elderly
CHAPTER 33: Sexuality in Older Age
CHAPTER 34: Spirituality in Older Adults
CHAPTER 35: Occupational Therapy for Older Adults
CHAPTER 36: Geriatric Models of Care


SECTION 3: PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL GERIATRICS
CHAPTER 37: Social Geriatrics
CHAPTER 38: Vaccination in Elderly
CHAPTER 39: Perioperative Assessment
CHAPTER 40: Role of Artificial Intelligence in Elderly Care
CHAPTER 41: Palliative Care in Geriatric Care
CHAPTER 42: Geriatric Oncology
CHAPTER 43: Constipation in Older Adults: Assessment, Management, and Special Considerations
CHAPTER 44: Prehabilitation and Postoperative Rehabilitation among the Elderly Patients: Recent Advances and Future Prospectives
CHAPTER 45: Introduction to Orthogeriatrics
CHAPTER 46: Planning and Designing Age Friendly Health Care Facility

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About the Author

Prasun Chatterjee MD (Geriatric Medicine) FRCP (Edinburgh)
Chief, Geriatric Medicine and Longevity Science, Artemis Hospitals, Gurugram and New Delhi; Member, Technical Advisory Group for Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation, WHO; UN Decade of Healthy Ageing; Former Professor, AIIMS, Department of Geriatric Medicine, New Delhi, India; Vice President - Indian Academy of Geriatrics

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