Geriatric Medicine Reference Manual

Practical Approaches to Assessment, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care Coordination

von Rebecca T. Barrington, Mallory M. Kingsford, Corey J. Fenwick

514 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

When the presentation does not look typical.An older patient may arrive with weakness instead of pain, confusion instead of fever, a fall instead of an obvious medication adverse effect, or loss of function before a disease process becomes clinically obvious. Geriatric Medicine Reference Manual is designed for the point at which ordinary disease-by-disease thinking is no longer enough.When several conditions compete for attention.Older adults frequently live with multiple chronic illnesses, complex medication regimens, functional limitations, cognitive change, and differing levels of physiologic reserve. Treatment that is reasonable for one diagnosis can complicate another. This manual helps readers organize those competing demands and determine which problems require intervention, which therapies merit reconsideration, and which outcomes matter most in the context of the whole patient.When function becomes part of the diagnosis.Mobility, cognition, nutrition, independence, continence, medication use, and social support are not peripheral details in geriatric care. They can change the interpretation of symptoms, the feasibility of treatment, and the safety of discharge or continued living arrangements. The book integrates these dimensions into assessment and management rather than treating them as separate concerns.When the care plan has to travel.Clinical responsibility may move between hospital, outpatient practice, rehabilitation, home care, long-term care, family caregivers, and other professionals. Good geriatric management therefore depends on more than choosing a treatment. It requires clear priorities, medication review, realistic follow-up, communication, and coordination across settings.At 512 pages, this reference is intended for physicians, residents, medical trainees, and other healthcare professionals who need a substantial but usable resource for the realities of later-life medicine.Geriatric Medicine Reference Manual is built around a practical question that recurs throughout the care of older adults: What information changes the plan, what intervention is most likely to help, and how can care remain safe and coherent as the patient's needs change?

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798174844988
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.09.2026
• Größe: 279 x 216 mm
• Verlag: Independently published