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42 Hypertension John Potter, Phyo Myint Introduction Demographic changes in most Westernized societies have highlighted the increasing number of older and very old (80+ years) adults in the global population,…

118 Acute Hospital Care for Frail Older Adults Simon Conroy Introduction Hospitalization of an older adult can be a sentinel event that heralds an intensive period of health and social…

116 Managing Frailty Roles for Primary Care Steve Iliffe Introduction The aging population in industrialized societies is a challenge for primary care. Older people with multimorbidity, disabilities, cognitive impairment, and…

121 Geriatric Medicine in North America David B. Hogan Introduction In this chapter we examine the history and current state of geriatric medicine in Canada (2014 estimated population 35.5 million)…

86 Breast Cancer Lodovico Balducci, Dawn Dolan, Christina Laronga Approximately 35% of breast cancers occur in women aged 70 and older, and this percentage is expected to increase with the…

88 Disorders of the Thyroid Maria Papaleontiou, Nazanene Helen Esfandiari As an individual ages, several morphologic and physiologic changes occur in the entire endocrine system, including the thyroid gland. These…

39 Chronic Cardiac Failure Neil D. Gillespie, Miles D. Witham, Allan D. Struthers Cardiac failure increases in prevalence and incidence with age. It is a disease of middle and old…

61 Stroke Clinical Presentation, Management, and Organization of Services Christopher Moran, Thanh G. Phan, Velandai K. Srikanth Introduction Stroke and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) are the most common clinical manifestations…

129 Managed Care for Older Americans Richard G. Stefanacci, Jill L. Cantelmo Managed care is thought by many to be the answer to the question of how to improve access…

60 Stroke Epidemiology and Pathology Christopher Moran, Velandai K. Srikanth, Amanda G. Thrift Stroke Epidemiology This chapter is concerned with the study of patterns and risk factors associated with stroke…