Geriatrics, an Issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice: Volume 44-3

ISBN-13: 9780323545662 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Demetra Antimisiaris; Laura Morton

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This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, guest edited by Demetra Antimisiaris, PharmD and Laura Morton, MD, CMD, is devoted to Geriatrics. Articles in this comprehensive issue include: Managing Polypharmacy in the 15 Minute Office Visit; Sexuality in the Older Adult; Dementia for the Primary Care Provider; Hormone Replacement: The Fountain of Youth?; Depression in Older Adults; Advance Care Planning in the Outpatient Geriatric Medicine Setting; Pain in the Elderly: ? Identification, Evaluation and Management of the Older Adult with Pain Complaints and Pain-Related Symptoms;? Delirium; The Older Adult With Diabetes And The Busy Clinician; Geriatric Assessment for the Primary Care Provider; Hypertension in the Older Adult; and Evaluation of the Older Driver

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Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice

Geriatrics

Foreword: The Art of Managing Complexity, the Joy of Aging Gracefully

Preface: The Urgent Need for Robust Geriatric Patient Care Skills in Primary Care

Geriatric Assessment for Primary Care Providers

Managing Polypharmacy in the 15-Minute Office Visit

Sexuality in the Older Adult

Dementia for the Primary Care Provider

Evaluation of the Older Driver

The Older Adult with Diabetes and Busy Clinicians

Hormone Replacement: The Fountain of Youth?

Depression in Older Adults: A Treatable Medical Condition

Advance Care Planning in the Outpatient Geriatric Medicine Setting

Pain in the Elderly: Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Older Adults with Pain Complaints and Pain-Related Symptoms

Hypertension in the Older Adult

Delirium