Drug Therapy for the Elderly (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

With people aged 65 years and older currently making up the fastest growing age group throughout the world, the demographic revolution of an aging society will inevitably lead to increased pressure to develop a rationalistic and age-tailored process of diagnosis and treatment among the elderly. As aging people often suffer from several chronic diseases and are being treated with multiple medications concurrently, unwanted drug interactions occur more frequently.

Whereas recent approaches have recommended to remove particular drugs from the medication regimen to avoid adverse effects, Drug Therapy for the Elderly underlines both indispensable and dispensable elements of drug treatment in order to provide an overall assessment of drugs suitable for the aged. In view of the multimorbidity and polypharmacy situations experienced by elderly patients, this book takes into account the special needs and requirements shown by this group, thus serving as a timely reference for physicians who treat the elderly.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Wien / Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Originaltitel: Arzneitherapie für Ältere
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783709109120
• Artikelnr.: 37489778

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword.-

Part 1: General aspects.-

Part 2: Special considerations with regard to organ systems based on geriatric clinical importance.-

Part 3: Pharmacotherapy and geriatric syndromes.-

Part 4: Further problem areas in gerontopharmacotherapy and pragmatic recommendations.

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Foreword.-

Part 1: General aspects.-

Part 2: Special considerations with regard to organ systems based on geriatric clinical importance.-

Part 3: Pharmacotherapy and geriatric syndromes.-

Part 4: Further problem areas in gerontopharmacotherapy and pragmatic recommendations.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"This book explores the issues specific to prescribing medications to the elderly. ... This book does require some basic understanding of physiology, but it is fascinating reading for clinicians with that basic understanding. ... It does a very impressive job of covering what happens in aging. ... This is a most interesting book. It has tremendous value in academic settings with medical students, social workers, nurses, etc., as it is one of the more complete books on the subject of therapies for the elderly." (Vincent F. Carr, Doody's Review Service, January, 2013)