The latest addition to the Evidence-Based Book series, Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine provides non-geriatrician clinicians an overview of key topics central to the care of the older patient. This guide focuses on the management of common problems in the elderly taking into account their life situations as well as treatment of specific conditions. Leading geriatricians with expertise in evidence-based medicine utilize the best available evidence and present this information in a concise, easy-to-use, question-based format. Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine is a unique guide to the optimum management of older patients.

The latest addition to the Evidence-Based Book series, Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine provides non-geriatrician clinicians an overview of key topics central to the care of the older patient. This guide focuses on the management of common problems in the elderly taking into account their life situations as well as treatment of specific conditions. Leading geriatricians with expertise in evidence-based medicine utilize the best available evidence and present this information in a concise, easy-to-use, question-based format. Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine is a unique guide to the optimum management of older patients.

List of contributors, viForeword, ixSharon Straus1 Function and frailty: the cornerstones of geriatric assessment, 1Paige K. Moorhouse & Kenneth Rockwood2 Computer-based clinical decision support systems in the care of older patients, 13Marina Martin & Mary K. Goldstein3 Simplifying the pillbox: drugs and aging, 25Sudeep S. Gill & Dallas P. Seitz4 Breathing easier: respiratory disease in the older adult, 43Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer5 Breathing easier: an approach to heart failure in a patient with an aging heart, 58Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc, Madhuri Reddy, & Anita Asgar6 Clarifying confusion: prevention and managing delirium, 65Ranjani Aiyar & Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc7 Preserving the memories: managing dementia, 73Dallas P. Seitz, Philip E. Lee, Sudeep S. Gill, & Paula A. Rochon8 Enjoying the golden years: diagnosing and treating depression, 94Jane Pearce & Stuart Carney9 A balancing act: preventing and treating falls, 105Emily Kwan & Sharon Straus10 Keeping dry: managing urinary incontinence, 124Cara Tannenbaum11 Keeping things moving: preventing and managing constipation, 140Dov Gandell & Shabbir M.H. Alibhai12 Preventing and treating pressure ulcers, 155Madhuri Reddy, Sudeep S. Gill, Sunila R. Kalkar, Wei Wu, & Paula A. Rochon13 Elder Abuse, 166Erik J. Lindbloom, Landon D. Hough, & Karli R.E. Urban14 A good death: appropriate end-of-life care, 175Cari Levy & Jean S. KutnerIndex, 187