Pathy's Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine 5e

About the Editors, xiii List of Contributors, xv Preface to the Fourth Edition, xxiii Preface to the Fifth Edition, xxv Foreword, xxvii Introduction: Historical perspectives, 1 Michael J. Denham and John E. Morley Part 1 Ageing: Biological, Social and Community Perspectives 1 A biological perspective of ageing, 13 H. James Armbrecht 2 The demography of ageing, 23 Kenneth G. Manton and John E. Morley 3 The physiology of ageing, 33 Rafi T. Kevorkian and John E. Morley 4 Psychological aspects of ageing, 43 Peggy A. Szwabo 5 Ageing of the brain, 49 Jean-FrancCois D'emonet and Pierre Celsis 6 Epidemiology of ageing and disability, 55 Lenise A. Cummings-Vaughn 7 Social and community aspects of ageing, 67 John E. Morley and Nina Tumosa 8 The developmental origins of ageing, 81 Avan Aihie Sayer and Cyrus Cooper 9 Sexuality and ageing, 93 John E. Morley and Debbie T. Tolson 10 Physical fitness and exercise, 103 Maria A. Fiatarone Singh and John E. Morley 11 Health literacy and cultural sensitivity, 121 Nina Tumosa Part 2 Medicine and Prescribing in Old Age 12 Preventive geriatrics, 135 Gerald M. Mahon, Joseph H. Flaherty and Suzanne M. Mahon 13 Polypharmacy, 145 Oscar A. Cepeda and John E. Morley 14 Patient safety, 153 Susannah Long and Charles Vincent Section 1 Eating Disorders and Nutritional Health 15 Epidemiology of nutrition and ageing, 173 Wija A. van Staveren and Lisette C.P.G.M. de Groot 16 The anorexia of ageing, 185 Ian M. Chapman 17 Weight loss, 197 David R. Thomas 18 Dehydration, 209 David R. Thomas 19 Vitamins and minerals, 217 Seema Joshi and John E. Morley 20 Obesity, 237 Joan Khoo, Richard Y.T. Chen and Gary A. Wittert Section 2 Gastro Disorders 21 Changes in gastrointestinal motor and sensory function associated with ageing, 249 Christopher K. Rayner and Michael Horowitz 22 Gastrointestinal bleeding, 265 Syed H. Tariq 23 Liver and gall bladder, 275 Margaret-Mary G. Wilson 24 Sphincter function, 289 Syed H. Tariq 25 Constipation, 303 Charlene M. Prather 26 Management of diarrhoea, 313 Lenise A. Cummings-Vaughn 27 Diseases of the pancreas, 321 John S. Morris and John E. Morley Section 3 Haematological Disorders 28 Anaemia, 331 Anjali S. Kamat and David R. Thomas 29 Disorders of haemostasis, 343 Kingsley K. Hampton 30 Disseminated intravascular coagulation, 353 Kingsley K. Hampton 31 Anticoagulants, 357 Hamsaraj G.M. Shetty and Philip A. Routledge 32 Myelodysplasia, 363 Martha Wadleigh, David S. Rosenthal and Richard M. Stone 33 Management of myelodysplastic syndromes and acute leukaemia, 375 Heidi D. Klepin and Bayard L. Powell Section 4 Cardiovascular Diseases and Health 34 Epidemiology of heart disease, 389 Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz 35 Cardiac ageing and systemic disorders, 405 David J. Stott and Terence J. Quinn 36 Arrhythmias, 413 Abhay Bajpai and A. John Camm 37 Ischaemic heart disease, 437 Wilbert S. Aronow 38 Lipid management, 449 Adie Viljoen and Anthony S. Wierzbicki 39 Hypotension, 461 Suraj Alakkassery 40 Hypertension, 471 Anthony S. Wierzbicki and Adie Viljoen 41 Heart failure, 483 Michael W. Rich 42 Cardiac surgery, 499 Ulrich O. von Oppell and Adam Szafranek 43 Peripheral arterial disease, 517 Leocadio Rodr'iguez Ma" nas, Marta Castro Rodr'iguez and Cristina Alonso Bouz'on 44 Venous thromboembolism, 529 Gordon D.O. Lowe 45 Cardiac rehabilitation, 535 Niccol'o Marchionni, Francesco Fattirolli, Francesco Orso, Marco Baccini, Lucio A. Rinaldi and Giulio Masotti Section 5 Respiratory Diseases 46 Epidemiology of respiratory infection, 551 Joseph M. Mylotte 47 Pneumonia, 555 Jo..el Belmin 48 Aspiration pneumonia, 565 Takashi Ohrui and Hiroyuki Arai 49 Interstitial lung disease and lung cancer, 573 Christopher Dyer 50 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, 579 Christopher Dyer 51 Pulmonary hypertension, 589 Dennis J. Shale 52 Pulmonary rehabilitation, 601 Peter Spiegler and Jonathan Ilowite Section 6 CNS Disorders 53 Neurological signs of ageing, 609 Andrew J. Larner 54 Sleep apnoea and sleep disorders, 617 Paul Montgomery and Lindsay Dianne Shepard 55 Headache, 629 Stephen D. Silberstein and William B. Young 56 Normal pressure hydrocephalus, 643 Dennis S. Oh and Peter McL. Black 57 Acute stroke care and management of carotid artery stenosis, 655 David Doig and Martin M. Brown 58 Stroke and stroke rehabilitation, 675 Lalit Kalra 59 Communication disorders and dysphagia, 691 Pamela M. Enderby 60 Acute and chronic subdural haematoma, 701 Eric Schmidt and Emmanuel Moyse 61 Epilepsy, 711 Pamela M. Crawford 62 Syncope and non-epileptic attacks, 721 Richard C. Roberts 63 Parkinson's disease, 731 Jo..el Belmin 64 Non-parkinsonian movement disorders, 739 Katie Kompoliti and Cynthia L. Comella 65 Diabetic neuropathy, 751 Aaron I. Vinik and Elsa S. Strotmeyer 66 Disorders of the neuromuscular junction, 769 Sivakumar Sathasivam and Andrew J. Larner 67 Muscle disorders, 779 David Hilton-Jones 68 Motor neurone disease, 793 Hardev S. Pall 69 Control of chronic pain, 809 Robert D. Helme and Benny Katz 70 Multiple sclerosis, 823 Florian P. Thomas Appendix Function assessment scales, i John E. Morley Index, xi A colour plate section is to be found in Volume 2, between pages 1414 and 1415