Progress Report on Alzheimer's Disease
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 17,18 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Alzheimer's disease
ISBN :
Evidence-Based Imaging
Author : L. Santiago Medina
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 27,3 MB
Release : 2011-04-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1441977775
Book Description
Evidence-Based Imaging is a user-friendly guide to the evidence-based science and merit defining the appropriate use of medical imaging in both adult and pediatric patients. Chapters are divided into major areas of medical imaging and cover the most prevalent diseases in developed countries, including the four major causes of mortality and morbidity: injury, coronary artery disease, cancer, and cerebrovascular disease. This book gives the reader a clinically-relevant overview of evidence-based imaging, with topics including epidemiology, patient selection, imaging strategies, test performance, cost-effectiveness, radiation safety and applicability. Each chapter is framed around important and provocative clinical questions relevant to the daily physician’s practice. Key points and summarized answers are highlighted so the busy clinician can quickly understand the most important evidence-based imaging data. A wealth of illustrations and summary tables reinforces the key evidence. This revised, softcover edition adds ten new chapters to the material from the original, hardcover edition, covering radiation risk in medical imaging, the economic and regulatory impact of evidence-based imaging in the new healthcare reform environment in the United States, and new topics on common disorders. By offering a clear understanding of the science behind the evidence, Evidence-Based Imaging fills a void for radiologists, family practitioners, pediatricians, surgeons, residents, and others with an interest in medical imaging and a desire to implement an evidence-based approach to optimize quality in patient care.
Pharmacy Practice in an Aging Society
Author : Jeannette Wick
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,17 MB
Release : 2006-10-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780789026521
Book Description
Learn how to talk—and listen—to your elderly clients Pharmacy Practice in an Aging Society examines the aspects of aging that transcend physical and biological changes, addressing practical concerns such as communication, understanding values, and end-of-life issues. This unique book provides pharmacists with the basics on how to enhance their service to the elderly and offers additional suggestions for improving the empathy and understanding they have for their patients. The book explores general health and pharmacy concerns of the elderly, including abuse, neglect, sexuality, stress, and addictions, and presents methods of helping seniors stay healthy through exercise and with appropriate interventions. 34 figures, tables, and exhibits make complex information easy to access and understand. Fewer than five percent of persons over 65 end up in a nursing home, and many stay only long enough to recover or rehabilitate before returning home. The other 95 percent need our attention and our care. Pharmacy Practice in an Aging Society helps pharmacists develop the special tools they need to deal with the elderly, identifying the most challenging areas, and providing effective frameworks for addressing them. The book also includes sidebars that summarize important ideas, including: “Communication”—choosing the right words when delivering difficult or even unwelcome information to patients “Ethics on the Spot”—anticipating difficult questions and determining if information is appropriate to pass along to a patient “Statistics at a Glance”—comparative statistics presented in a way that makes a point “Cutting Edge”—current research findings and what they mean to your patients “Too Late Now”—when changing a patient’s behavior or adding a medication is unlikely to help “Then and Now”—compares past treatment and approaches with current ones and much more! Pharmacy Practice in an Aging Society is an essential resource for community and hospital pharmacists, educators, and anyone else with an interest in health.
Forgetting
Author : Joan Carson Breitung
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 15,53 MB
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1615922628
Book Description
As the elderly population swells with the aging of 77 million baby boomers, Americans increasingly face the challenge of trying to understand and cope with problems associated with cognitive decline. This popular reference work can help those facing the cognitive problems associated with aging.
Lessons from the Miracle Doctors
Author : Jon Barron
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 30,4 MB
Release : 2009-04-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1442969938
Book Description
Holistic healers, herbalists, and renegade medical doctors throughout the world are performing miracles on a daily basis. Thousands of people have come to these ''miracle doctors''certain that they were terminally ill and have left perfectly healthy. And now the secrets of these miracle doctors are revealed in this book: a step-by-step program that will allow you to take back control of your own health and well-being.
Urinary & Fecal Incontinence
Author : Dorothy B. Doughty
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 40,24 MB
Release : 2005-12-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0323113575
Book Description
Completely updated to reflect current practice, the 3rd edition of this comprehensive resource provides a multi-disciplinary, in-depth review of the physiology of continence, the pathologic mechanisms producing incontinence, and current treatment options for the various types of incontinence. Assessment, behavioral therapies, and multidisciplinary care are emphasized as key elements in the treatment and management of incontinence. In addition to the life-span content discussed throughout the book, an entire chapter is devoted to bowel and bladder management in children. - Authored and contributed by leaders in the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN). - Provides an in-depth review of the physiology of continence, the pathologic mechanisms producing incontinence, and current treatment options to facilitate optimal assessment and care. - Features detailed assessment guidelines to help clinicians accurately identify causative and contributing factors, and implement of a comprehensive management plan. - Discusses urinary incontinence and fecal incontinence in separate sections to address the special considerations for each in an organized, focused, easy-to-use format. - Features individual, complete chapters for each of the following types of incontinence: stress, functional, reflex (neurogenic bladder), and overactive bladder (urge incontinence). - Devotes separate chapters to Pathology & Management of Postprostatectomy Incontinence and Bowel and Bladder Management in Children to ensure comprehensive coverage of these topics. - Offers life-span content to help clinicians provide appropriate care for patients in every stage of life. - Includes self-assessment questions with answers and rationales for review and self-testing. - Integrates multidisciplinary care throughout to highlight its importance in successful treatment. - Features a new chapter on Pathology & Management of Postprostatectomy Incontinence that provides detailed information on this increasingly important aspect of incontinence. - Includes content on the impact of spinal cord injury on bladder and bowel function.
National Institute on Aging Publications Catalog
Author : National Institute on Aging
Publisher :
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 38,98 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Aging
ISBN :
Book Description
An Insight Into Dementia Care in India
Author : Leena Mary Emmatty
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 31,17 MB
Release : 2009-01-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8178298880
Book Description
With the rapidly increasing population of the elderly in the country, dementia is increasingly becoming a cause for major concern. Apart from the patient, the disease also has a significant impact on caregivers and the patient’s family. This book outlines the existing research studies on dementia and explores the caregiving scenario in the country. Among other issues, the book explores the following areas: - Epidemiology, common types and causes of dementia - Caregiver activities and daily chores - Person-centred care and support - Assessment and management of dementia patients - Psychosocial interventions in the Indian context - Resources and services available in India Based on original research, this book will help bridge the gap between the dementia-related literature of the West and care-giving practices in India. This book will serve as a reference book for students and research scholars studying Psychology, Psychiatric Nursing, Social Work, and Rehabilitation. Professionals like Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Nurses, and paramedics and caregivers working with the elderly will also find the book to be valuable.
Geropsychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Author : Karen Devereaux Melillo
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 20,31 MB
Release : 2010-08-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1449618782
Book Description
Geropsychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Second Edition addresses the knowledge and skills necessary in the assessment and nursing care of older adults experiencing common late life mental health and psychiatric problems. This text features experts in gerontological nursing and geropsychiatric fields and provides essential information for advanced practice and professional nurses, as well as graduate and undergraduate nursing students.The Second Edition has been completely revised and updated to include crucial areas like assessment, diagnosis, psychopharmacology, and behavioral management strategies in nursing care of older adults. New to this edition are case studies in each chapter in addition to discussion questions. This new edition also presents the work of the Geropsychiatric Nursing Collaborative (GPNC) in its entirety. The focus of the GPNC is to improve the education of nurses who care for elders suffering from depression, dementia, and other mental health disorders. The collaborative effort enhances extant competencies for all levels of nursing education, focusing on older adults with mental health/illness concerns. Shared in the Appendix are the competency statements developed for basic, graduate, post-graduate, and continuing education nursing programs.
Research Progress in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
Author : Miao-Kun Sun
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 24,35 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781600212710
Book Description
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common type of neurodegenerative disorder in the aging population, is characterised pathologically by extracellular amyloid plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles, pathophysiologically by synaptic dysfunction, and clinically by a progressive dementia. The rapid progress in the research fields of AD and dementia continues since the publication of the first book volume with the same title. This second book volume contains 14 chapters, bringing together a presentation of research frontiers in current AD/dementia research. (APP) processing and neurotransmitter and signal molecules involved in regulation of APP processing, transgenic AD mouse models and their relevance to AD research, amyloid -peptide (A) immunisation, cerebral inflammation, myelin breakdown, roles of deregulation of cell cycle in AD pathology, relationship between cholesterol and AD, A binding to cholesterol and cholesterol oxidation, A-binding alcohol dehydrogenase and roles in AD pathogenesis, sex steroids, oestrogen therapy for AD prevention, behavioural and psychological symptoms of AD, memantine for AD therapy, enoxaparin as a therapeutic agent for AD, to molecular links between AD and traumatic brain injury. memory-relevant AD pathogenesis, as shown in these chapters written by world-wide leaders in the fields, are more encouraging. The book will be highly valuable to students and scientists world-wide who are interested in the scientific research progress in AD and dementia.
