This book focuses on the circumstances that lead to the marked increasedvulnerability of seniors and are most challenging to clinicians including thepresence of multiple chronic medical conditions, variable losses ofphysiological function, and heterogeneity among individuals.  Written bythe experts who lead the initiative to deliver high quality surgical andmedical care to the elderly, Geriatricsfor Specialists is the first book of its kind to provide the comprehensive knowledgespecialists and associated generalists need to deliver quality health care toseniors.  With topics on important cross cutting issues like frailty,delirium and polypharmacy and specialty chapters on emergency medicine,anesthesia, many surgical and medical disciplines and rehabilitation, this book provides clinicians the knowledge and tools needed to evaluate,treat and manage the unique needs of seniors.

 

Geriatrics for Specialists was created as a resource for specialist, generalists and allied healthprofessionals and their students and trainees who care for elderly patients.

John R. Burton, MD

Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center   

Mason F. Lord Building, Center Tower, 7th Floor

Baltimore, MD 21224-2735

Andrew G. Lee, MDProfessor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, andNeurosurgery, Weill Cornell MedicineClinical Professor of Ophthalmology, UTMB and UT MD Anderson Cancer CenterAdjunct Professor of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine and University of IowaChair, Blanton Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Houston Methodist HospitalHouston, TX 77030

Frailty.- Delirium.- Emergency Medicine.- Anesthesiology.- General and Trauma Surgery.- Ophthalmology.- Otolaryngology.- Urology.- Orthopedic Surgery.- Vascular Surgery.- Cardiovascular/Thoracic Surgery.- Gynecology.- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.- The Specialties of Internal Medicine.- Cardiology.- Nephrology.- Gastroenterology.- Endocrinology.- Rheumatology.- Pulmonary Medicine.