This book aims to be a single point of reference for advances in the care of geriatric populations across medical and surgical specialties. The aging population is a unique demographic with its own health challenges. Geriatricians are specifically trained to address these challenges but few medical students or residents enter geriatrics, even as the demand for geriatric expertise increases. The practices of many medical and surgical specialists are dominated by older patients who may themselves see many specialists but rarely visit geriatricians. This updated edition elucidates the most common medical conditions seen in aging patients and translates approaches to those conditions for physicians across specialties. Divided into three sections that assemble crosscutting issues, medical specialties, and surgical and related specialties, this book serves as a guide for clinicians of all backgrounds who will work with older patients as the demographic ages further.

This second edition ofGeriatrics for Specialists expands the number of specialist chapters to reflect growth in research in aging and clinical care for older people in dermatology, plastic surgery, and behavioral neurology. All original chapters from the first edition are extensively revised and updated to reflect the rapid growth of new knowledge in the field.

Andrew G. Lee

Houston Methodist Hospital

Chair, Department of Ophthalmology

Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery

Professor of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical College

New York, NY

USA

Jane F. Potter

Professor of Medicine

Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Care

Home Instead Center for Successful Aging

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE

USA  

G. Michael Harper

Professor of Medicine

Division of Geriatrics

University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Staff Physician, San Francisco VA Health Care System

San Francisco, CA

USA

Frailty.- Delirium.- Preoperative Evaluation.- Psychiatric Disorders in Older Adults.- Medication Management.- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.- Hospital Medicine.- Screening Tools for Geriatric Assessment by Specialists.- Cardiothoracic Surgery.- Emergency Medicine.- Geriatric Trauma and Emergency General Surgery.- Special Evidence-Based Considerations in Geriatric Gynecologic Care: Pelvic Floor Disorders.- Geriatric Cross-Cutting Issues in Ophthalmology.- Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery.- Rehabilitation.- Urology.- Vascular Surgery.- Rheumatology.- Cardiovascular Disease.- Endocrinology.- Gastroenterology.- Infection and Immunity in Older Adults.- Kidney Disease.- A Geriatric Perspective on Oncology Care.- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.- Behavioral Neurology.- Geriatric Dermatology.