Contents
- Front matter
- Chapter 1 Ageing
- Chapter 2 Organizing geriatric services
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- Chapter 2 Organizing geriatric services
- Using geriatric services
- Acute services for older people
- The great integration debate
- Admission avoidance schemes
- Day hospitals
- Speciality clinics
- Intermediate care
- The national service framework for older people
- Single assessment process
- Community hospitals
- Domiciliary (home) visits
- Care homes
- Funding of care homes
- Delayed discharge
- Home care
- Informal carers
- Other services
- Chronic disease management
- Primary care
- Careers in UK geriatric medicine
- The diploma in geriatric medicine
- Chapter 3 Clinical assessment of older people
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- Chapter 3 Clinical assessment of older people
- Consultation skills
- Multiple pathology and aetiology
- Taking a history
- Other sources of information
- Problem lists
- Physical examination: general
- Physical examination: systems
- Investigations
- Common blood test abnormalities
- Comprehensive geriatric assessment
- Chapter 4 Rehabilitation
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- Chapter 4 Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation
- The process of rehabilitation
- Aims and objectives of rehabilitation
- Measurement tools in rehabilitation
- Measurement instruments
- Selecting patients for inpatient rehabilitation
- Patients unlikely to benefit from rehabilitation
- Physiotherapy
- Walking aids
- Occupational therapy
- Occupational therapy assessments and interventions
- Doctors in the rehabilitation team
- Nurses in the rehabilitation team
- Social work and care management
- Speech and language therapy and dieticians
- Pharmacy
- Community nurses and health visitors
- Chapter 5 Falls and funny turns
- Chapter 6 Drugs
- Chapter 7 Neurology
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- Chapter 7 Neurology
- The ageing brain and nervous system
- Tremor
- Neuralgia
- Parkinson's disease (PD)
- Diseases masquerading as Parkinson's disease
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy: drug treatment
- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
- Motor neuron disease
- Peripheral neuropathies
- Subdural haematoma
- Sleep and insomnia
- Other sleep disorders
- Chapter 8 Stroke
- Chapter 9 Psychiatry
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- Chapter 9 Psychiatry
- Cognitive ageing
- Impairments in cognitive function without dementia
- Dementia: overview
- Dementia: common diseases
- Dementia and Parkinsonism
- Dementia: less common diseases
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus
- Dementia: non-drug management
- Dementia: risk management and abuse
- Dementia: cholinesterase inhibitors
- Dementia: other drug treatments
- Dementia: managing behavioural problems
- Dementia: prevention
- Compulsory detention and treatment
- Psychosis
- Delirium: diagnosis
- Delirium: causes
- Delirium: clinical assessment
- Delirium: treatment issues
- Delirium: non-drug management
- Delirium: drug treatments
- Squalor syndrome
- Depression: presentation
- Depression: clinical features
- Depression: non-drug management
- Depression: drug treatments
- Suicide and attempted suicide
- Chapter 10 Cardiovascular medicine
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- Chapter 10 Cardiovascular medicine
- The ageing cardiovascular system
- Chest pain
- Angina
- Coronary syndromes
- Myocardial infarction
- Hypertension
- Hypertension: treatment
- Arrhythmias: presentation
- Arrhythmias: management
- Atrial fibrillation
- Atrial fibrillation: treatment
- Atrial fibrillation: anticoagulation
- Bradycardia and conduction disorders
- Common arrhythmias and conduction abnormalities
- Cardiac failure: assessment
- Acute cardiac failure
- Chronic cardiac failure
- Dilemmas in cardiac failure
- Diastolic heart failure
- Valvular heart disease
- Peripheral oedema
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Gangrene in peripheral vascular disease
- Vascular secondary prevention
- Chapter 11 Chest medicine
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- Chapter 11 Chest medicine
- The ageing lung
- Respiratory infections
- Influenza
- Lower respiratory tract infection
- Pneumonia: treatment
- Vaccinating against pneumonia and influenza
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Rib fractures
- Pleural effusions
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary aspiration
- Chronic cough
- Asbestos-related disease
- Lung cancers
- Tuberculosis: presentation
- Tuberculosis: investigation
- Tuberculosis: treatment
- Asthma and COPD: assessment
- Asthma and COPD: drug treatment
- Asthma and COPD: non-drug treatment
- Oxygen therapy
- Chapter 12 Gastroenterology
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- Chapter 12 Gastroenterology
- The ageing gastrointestinal system
- The elderly mouth
- Nutrition
- Enteral feeding
- Parenteral feeding
- The ethics of artificial feeding
- Oesophageal disease
- Dysphagia
- Peptic ulcer disease
- The liver and gallbladder
- Constipation
- Diverticular disease
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Diarrhoea in the elderly patient
- Other colonic conditions
- The ‘acute surgical abdomen’
- Obstructed bowel in older patients
- Chapter 13 Renal medicine
- Chapter 14 Homeostasis
- Chapter 15 Endocrinology
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- Chapter 15 Endocrinology
- The ageing endocrine system
- Diabetes mellitus
- Diabetes: treatment
- Diabetes: oral drug treatment
- Diabetes: insulin treatment
- Diabetes: complications
- Diabetic emergencies
- Hypothyroidism: diagnosis
- Hypothyroidism: treatment
- Hyperthyroidism: diagnosis
- Hyperthyroidism: investigation
- Hyperthyroidism: drug treatment
- Hyperthyroidism: non-drug treatment
- Primary adrenal insufficiency
- Adrenal ‘incidentalomas’
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and the menopause
- Chapter 16 Haematology
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- Chapter 16 Haematology
- The ageing haematopoietic system
- Investigating anaemia in older people
- Iron deficiency anaemia: diagnosis
- Iron deficiency anaemia: treatment
- Macrocytic anaemia
- Anaemia of chronic disease
- Myelodysplasia and myelodysplastic syndrome
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
- Paraproteinaemias
- Multiple myeloma
- Chapter 17 Musculoskeletal system
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- Chapter 17 Musculoskeletal system
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis: management
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis: management
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Temporal arteritis
- Paget's disease
- Gout
- Pseudogout
- Cervical spondylosis and myelopathy
- Contractures
- Osteomyelitis
- The elderly foot
- The elderly foot: management
- The painful hip
- The painful back
- The painful shoulder
- Chapter 18 Pressure injuries
- Chapter 19 Genitourinary medicine
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- Chapter 19 Genitourinary medicine
- The ageing genitourinary system
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia: presentation
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia: treatment
- Prostatic cancer: presentation
- Prostate specific antigen
- Prostatic cancer: treatment
- Postmenopausal vaginal bleeding
- Vaginal prolapse
- Vulval disorders
- Sexual function
- Chapter 20 Incontinence
- Chapter 21 Ears
- Chapter 22 Eyes
- Chapter 23 Skin
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- Chapter 23 Skin
- The ageing skin
- Photoageing
- Cellulitis
- Other bacterial skin infections
- Fungal skin infections
- Intertrigo
- Leg ulcers
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Management of venous leg ulcers
- Pruritus
- Pruritus: treatment
- Pruritic conditions
- Blistering diseases
- Skin cancers and pre-cancers
- Other skin lesions
- Chapter 24 Infection and immunity
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- Chapter 24 Infection and immunity
- The ageing immune system
- Overview of infection in older people
- Antibiotic use in older patients
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- MRSA disease
- Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea
- Near patient urine tests
- Asymptomatic bacteriuria
- Urinary tract infection
- Urinary tract infection: treatment
- Recurrent urinary tract infection
- Varicella zoster infection
- Chapter 25 Malignancy
- Chapter 26 Death and dying
- Chapter 27 Ethics
- Chapter 28 Finances
- Appendix




