Central Nervous System Infections

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68 Central Nervous System Infections Lisa Barrett, Kenneth Rockwood Infections in older adults are associated with significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, pneumonia and influenza ranking 13th in all cause mortality…

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Parkinsonism and Other Movement Disorders

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64 Parkinsonism and Other Movement Disorders Jolyon Meara Movement disorders in older adults can be broadly classified into the akinetic-rigid hypokinetic conditions, in which voluntary movement is reduced, and hyperkinetic…

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Long-Term Stroke Care

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62 Long-Term Stroke Care Anne Forster Stroke is an ancient disease, recognized since the time of Hippocrates, when the term apoplexy was used to describe someone being suddenly struck down….

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Headache and Facial Pain

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59 Headache and Facial Pain Gerry Saldanha Introduction Worldwide, headache disorders are one of the most prevalent medical complaints. This will continue because of the changing demographic of aging populations…

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Classification of the Dementias

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50 Classification of the Dementias Richard Camicioli, Kenneth Rockwood Overview Dementia is a critical public health problem worldwide, especially as populations age. As a consequence, physicians dealing with a range…

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Cardiac Arrhythmias

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44 Cardiac Arrhythmias Wilbert S. Aronow Ventricular Arrhythmias The prevalence of complex ventricular arrhythmia (VA) in older adult patients without cardiovascular disease detected by 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiogram (ECG) was 50%…

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Social Assessment of Older Patients

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36 Social Assessment of Older Patients Sadhna Diwan, Megan Rose Perdue Social assessment is an integral part of a comprehensive multidimensional assessment of older adult patients. Many studies on the…

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Geroscience

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7 Geroscience Felipe Sierra Introduction From the biologic perspective, aging is a rather complex term to define. Aging is not a disease but, because aging is the main risk factor…

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The Aging Personality and Self

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31 The Aging Personality and Self Diversity and Health Issues Julie Blaskewicz Boron, K. Warner Schaie, Sherry L. Willis Personality may be defined as the pattern of thoughts, feelings, and…

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