Geriatric Dentistry

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110 Geriatric Dentistry Maintaining Oral Health in the Geriatric Population Andrea Schreiber, Lena Alsabban, Terry Fulmer, Robert Glickman Introduction Whereas dental textbooks address the management of medically compromised older patients—generally…

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Quality Initiatives Aimed at Improving Medicare

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128 Quality Initiatives Aimed at Improving Medicare Richard G. Stefanacci, Jill L. Cantelmo Quality combined with cost is now a central component of a value-based system which is quite different…

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The Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

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76 The Upper Gastrointestinal Tract David A. Greenwald, Lawrence J. Brandt Symptoms of gastrointestinal disorders are frequently mentioned by older adults during visits to health care providers, and the digestive…

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Alzheimer Disease

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52 Alzheimer Disease Jared R. Brosch, Martin R. Farlow Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause for dementia affecting older adults. The illness was first described by Alois Alzheimer…

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Arthritis in Older Adults

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69 Arthritis in Older Adults Preeti Nair, Jiuan Ting, Helen I. Keen, Philip G. Conaghan Introduction Rheumatologic diseases are among the most common causes of pain and disability in older…

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Aging and Deficit Accumulation

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15 Aging and Deficit Accumulation Clinical Implications Kenneth Rockwood, Arnold Mitnitski Introduction Overview of Frailty Geriatricians have an affinity for frail older people, or should. The complex care of older…

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Syncope

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45 Syncope Rose Anne Kenny, Jaspreet Bhangu Introduction Definition Syncope is a transient loss of consciousness (TLOC) due to transient global cerebral hypoperfusion and is characterized by rapid onset, short…

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The Pharmacology of Aging

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26 The Pharmacology of Aging Patricia W. Slattum, Kelechi C. Ogbonna, Emily P. Peron Each day, worldwide, older adults consume millions of doses of medications. This remarkable amount of medication…

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Vascular Surgery

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46 Vascular Surgery Charles McCollum, Christopher Lowe, Vivak Hansrani, Stephen Ball Introduction As the prevalence of atherosclerosis increases with advancing age, it is hardly surprising that specialists in geriatric medicine…

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