Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Geriatrics

This volume collects the foundation papers in the discipline of Geriatric medicine. The book begins with a chapter on those papers that established the field. It then goes on to provide a long overdue review of the important "classic" papers in geriatric medicine and includes information on the development of health systems which support the care of older patients. Each chapter begins with a commentary by a faculty member with special interest or expertise in that area.

Oxidative Stress in Aging: From Model Systems to Human Diseases discusses the role of free radicals in aging in different animal models, as well as the relevance of free radicals on age-related diseases and pathological conditions in humans (following an introduction section of the basics and theory of free radicals). Human aging is a complex phenomenon - not everyone gets the same diseases and dies from the same cause. Accumulating reports implicate the connection between free radicals and various diseases and age-related pathological conditions. Although the causal relationships have not...

This important handbook addresses technologies targeted at the assessment, early detection and the mitigation of common geriatric conditions. These include decline in functional abilities, gait, mobility, sleep disturbance, vision impairment, hearing loss, falls, and cognitive decline. This book not only describes the state of both embedded and wearable technologies, but also focuses on research showing the potential utility of these technologies in the field.

"Menschen pflegen" ist mehr: das 3-bandige Lehrbuch fur die Pflegeausbildung basiert auf Pflegediagnosen und bietet Pflegewissen bei verschiedenen Krankheiten und in verschiedenen Lebenssituationen der Patienten. So, wie es das neue Krankenpflegegesetz fordert.

In Band 3 bilden Lebenssituationen und Krankheitsbilder sowie die entsprechenden therapeutischen Konzepte den roten Faden. Anleiten und beraten, Pravention und Rehabilitation sind feste Bestandteile in jedem Kapitel. Die lernfreundliche Didaktik umfasst u.a.: Facherubergreifendes Lernen durch Verknupfung von Pflege mit...

For centuries people have been puzzled by the inevitability of human aging. For most of the second half of the twentieth century aging remained a mystery, or an unsolved biological problem. At the end of the 20th century a remarkable scientific discovery emerged. It was not a single discovery in the usual sense, because it was based on a series of important interconnected insights over quite a long period of time. These insights made it possible for the very first time to understand the biological reasons for aging in animals and man. It can already be said, however, that the many...

This volume presents the precursors of adult heart disease, hypertension and type II diabetes in childhood. The text describes trajectories of cardio-metabolic risk variables, and provides a rationale for the need to begin prevention very early in life.