| Edition |
1st edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 265 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Rehabilitation medicine quick reference
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Rehabilitation medicine quick reference.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I Assessment and aging -- Aging: theories and epidemiology -- Age-related changes: Bone -- Age-related changes: cardiovascular -- Age-related changes: central nervous system and cognitive -- Age-related changes: gastrointestinal -- Age-related changes: hearing and vestibular -- Age-related changes: muscular -- Age-related changes: posture and balance -- Age-related changes: pulmonary -- Age-related changes: renal -- Age-related changes: sensory -- Age-related changes: skin -- Age-related changes: visual -- Decision making -- History -- Examination: cognitive -- Examination: musculoskeletal -- Examination: neurologic -- Electrodiagnosis: nerve conduction studies -- Electrodiagnosis: the needle exam -- electromyography -- Evaluation of balance and mobility -- Evaluation of depression -- Evaluation of function -- Evaluation of osteoporosis: detection of significant bone loss -- II organ system diseases and disorders -- Anemia -- Blood disorders -- Cancer -- Cardiovascular: amputation -- Cardiovascular: peripheral arterial disease -- Cardiovascular: syncope and orthostatic hypotension -- Cardiovascular: thromboembolic disease -- Depression -- Diabetes mellitus -- Diabetes: the diabetic foot -- Functional decline: deconditioning -- Functional decline: frailty -- Functional decline: sarcopenia -- Gastrointestinal: constipation -- Gastrointestinal: fecal incontinence -- Musculoskeletal: arthritis of the ankle and hind foot -- Musculoskeletal: arthritis of the thumb, fingers, and wrist -- Musculoskeletal: dupuytren's contractures and trigger finger -- musculoskeletal: hip fracture -- Musculoskeletal: joint replacement -- Musculoskeletal: low back pain -- Musculoskeletal: neck pain -- Musculoskeletal: osteoarthritis -- Musculoskeletal: osteoporosis and vertebral fractures -- Musculoskeletal: posterior tibial tendon dysfunction -- Musculoskeletal: shoulder -- Musculoskeletal: spinal stenosis -- Neurologic: Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders -- Neurologic: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neuromuscular disorders -- Neurologic: balance disorders -- Neurologic: carpal tunnel syndrome -- Neurologic: charcot foot -- Neurologic: Delirium -- Neurologic: Dizziness and vertigo -- Neurologic: dysphagia -- Neurologic: falls -- Neurologic: gait disorders -- Neurologic: homonymous hemianopsia -- Neurologic: Parkinson's disease -- Neurologic: Parkinson's disease -- postural instability, freezing, and falls -- Neurologic: spinal cord injury -- Neurologic: stroke -- Neurologic: traumatic brain injury -- Rheumatologic: fibromyalgia -- Rheumatologic: giant cell arteritis -- Rheumatologic: polymyalgia rheumatica -- Skin: pressure sores -- Skin: the problem wound -- Special senses: hearing -- Special senses: vision -- cataracts -- Special senses: vision -- general -- Special senses: vision -- glaucoma -- Special senses: vision -- macular degeneration -- Urinary incontinence -- III Special topics -- Aging with a developmental disability -- Aging with a spinal cord injury -- Alternative medicine -- Driving evaluation -- Ethics -- Exercise -- home and environmental modifications -- Medicolegal concerns -- Pain management -- Pharmacology: general -- Pharmacology: management of polypharmacy -- Prescription writing: drugs and therapy -- Rehabilitation settings: evaluation for postacute rehabilitation -- Rehabilitation settings: home health care -- Rehabilitation settings: inpatient rehabilitation, acute -- Rehabilitation settings: long-term acute care hospital and adult day care -- Rehabilitation settings: subacute rehabilitation -- Rehabilitation settings: palliative care -- End-of-life care. |
| Summary |
Designed for the busy practitioner, Geriatrics presents 97 alphabetically arranged topics covering all major concerns in geriatric rehabilitation ranging from age-related changes to end-of-life care. The first section reviews topics related to normal aging and assessment methods to measure systemic changes. The second section addresses common aging-associated diseases and disorders affecting relevant organ systems, including neurologic, musculoskeletal, rheumatologic, and cardiovascular problems and other key concerns such as functional decline, incontinence, and visual impairments. The last s. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Geriatrics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Geriatrics. |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Subject |
Older people -- Rehabilitation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Older people -- Rehabilitation. |
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Older people -- Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Older people -- Diseases. |
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Aging -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Aging. |
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Geriatrics. |
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Aging -- physiology. |
| Genre/Form |
Handbook.
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Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Added Author |
Means, Kevin M., editor.
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Kortebein, Patrick M., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Means, Kevin. Geriatrics : RMQR. New York : Demos Medical Publishing, ©2012 9781936287093 |
| ISBN |
9781617050305 (electronic book) |
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161705030X (electronic book) |
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9781936287093 |
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