Geriatric Medicine and Elderly Care (eBook)

Lecture Notes

Claire G. Nicholl, K. Jane Wilson, Shaun D'Souza (Autoren)

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2025 | 9. Auflage
1309 Seiten
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-119-62766-1 (ISBN)

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GERIATRIC MEDICINE AND ELDERLY CARE
Lecture Notes
Ninth Edition
An essential resource for meeting the needs of an ageing patient population

As the global population ages, geriatric medicine is steadily becoming one of the most important areas of medical research and care. Healthcare systems in developed countries are adapting to this shift in the population, and doctors are finding that a larger and larger proportion of their patients are older. Current medical training often does not include adequate coverage of geriatric medicine, and students may well find they require more extensive resources for meeting older patients' needs.

Lecture Notes: Geriatric Medicine and Elderly Care meets this need with a set of comprehensive but straightforward introductions to the foundational concepts of geriatric medicine. Combining a user-friendly format with extensive high-quality figures and illustrations, it is a must-have resource for medical students looking to deepen their knowledge of a widening area of essential care. Now thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest research and medical knowledge of ageing and elder care, this is an essential contribution to the popular Lecture Notes series.

Readers of the ninth edition of Lecture Notes: Geriatric Medicine and Elderly Care will also find:

• New chapters on the 'science of ageing' including immunosenescence and rejuvenation research, and geriatric oncology
• Full coverage of the British Geriatrics Society and European undergraduate curriculums
• A companion website with appendices, key revision points for each chapter and further readings

Lecture Notes: Geriatric Medicine and Elderly Care is ideal for medical students and Foundation Year doctors in most specialties who are treating frail older people. It also provides a starting point for revision for higher specialty examinations in geriatric medicine.

Anki Revision Cards

A set of 'Anki App' digital revision cards is available to go with this textbook. The cards contain the material from the self-test questions in the book. Anki App is a cross-platform mobile and desktop flashcard app that can support your studies (see www.ankiapp.com). It uses an algorithm to present cards you know less well more frequently. You can keep the cards on your mobile device and study them in your downtime. Visit www.lecturenoteseries/paediatrics to download the card set to your device.

Claire G. Nicholl is a Consultant Geriatrician (Emerita)

K. Jane Wilson is a Consultant Geriatrician

Shaun D'Souza is a Consultant Geriatrician

All of Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Abbreviations

5‐HT	5 hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)

5‐HT2A

5‐HT2A receptor

A&E	accident and emergency, usually now known as the emergency department

AA	alcoholics anonymous

AA	attendance allowance

AAA	abdominal aortic aneurysm

AADC	aromatic amino acid decarboxylase

AAFB	acid and alcohol fast bacilli

AaPO2

alveolar‐arterial oxygen tension difference

AAV	adeno‐associated virus

Aβ	amyloid beta‐peptide

ABCDE

approach for resuscitation: airway, breathing, circulation, disability, exposure

ABG	arterial blood gas

ABL‐1

tyrosine protein kinase proto‐oncogene

ABPI	arterial brachial pressure index

ACA	anterior cerebral artery

ACB	anticholinergic burden

ACE	angiotensin‐converting enzyme

ACEi	ACE inhibitor

AChE	acetylcholinesterase

AChEi

acetylcholinesterase inhibitor

AChR	acetylcholine receptor

ACiS	anterior circulation ischaemic stroke

ACP	advanced care planning

ACR	albumin : creatinine ratio

ACS	acute coronary syndrome

ACS	anterior circulation stroke (context essential)

ACS NSQIP

American College of Surgeons national surgical quality improvement program

ACTH	adrenocorticotrophic hormone

AD	advance decision

AD	Alzheimer's disease

ADH	antidiuretic hormone

ADL	activities of daily living

ADORE

drug trial of edaravone in ALS

ADR	adverse drug reaction

ADRT	advance decision to refuse treatment

ADT	androgen deprivation therapy

AEDs	anti‐epileptic drugs, now known as ASMs, see below

AF	atrial fibrillation

AFO	ankle‐foot orthosis

AIDP	acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy

AIDS	acquired immune deficiency syndrome

AIHA	autoimmune haemolytic anaemia

AIP	acute interstitial pneumonia

AJGP	Australian Journal of General Practice

AKI	acute kidney injury

AKT	a serine/threonine protein kinase, also known as protein kinase B, PKB

ALD	alcoholic liver disease

ALL	acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

ALP	alkaline phosphatase

ALS	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AMD	age‐related macular degeneration

AMHP	approved mental health practitioner

AML	acute myeloid leukaemia

AMP/ADP/ATP

adenosine mono di and triphosphate

AMPA	α‐amino‐3‐hydroxy‐5‐methyl‐4‐isoxazolepropionic acid, a receptor for glutamate

AMP‐K

adenosine monophosphate activated protein kinase

AMTS	abbreviated mental test score

ANH	artificial nutrition and hydration

ANS	autonomic nervous system

anti‐CCP/ACPA

anticitrullinated peptide antibody

AP	antero‐posteriorly

APOE	apolipoprotein E

APP	amyloid precursor protein

ARB	angiotensin receptor blocker

ARDS	acute respiratory distress syndrome

ARIA	amyloid‐related imaging abnormalities

ARNI	ARB/ neprilysin inhibitor combination e.g. valsartan/ sacubitril

AS	Alzheimer's society

AS	aortic stenosis

ASA	American Society of Anesthesiology

ASM	anti‐seizure medication, previously anti‐epileptic drugs

ATN	acute tubular necrosis

AV	atrioventricular

AVP	arginine vasopressin

AXR	abdominal X‐ray

BACE	β‐secretase enzyme that cleaves transmembrane APP

BAFTA

Birmingham atrial fibrillation treatment of the aged study

BAME	Black, Asian and ethnic minorities

BC	breast cancer

BCC	basal‐cell carcinoma

BCE	before common era

BCG	bacille Calmette Guérin

BD	twice a day

BiTEs

bispecific T cell engagers

BMA	British Medical Association

BMD	bone mineral density

BMI	body mass index

BMJ	British Medical Journal

BNF	British National Formulary

BNP	brain natriuretic peptide

BOO	bladder outflow obstruction

BOOP	bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia

BP	blood pressure

BPH	benign prostatic hyperplasia

BPI	bactericidal/permeability‐increasing protein fold gene

BPL	below the poverty line (households in India)

BPPV	benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

BPSD	behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia

BRAF	a serine/threonine protein kinase proto‐oncogene with a critical role in MAPK cell signalling pathway.

BRAN	questions to ask about a new drug ‐ benefits, risks, alternatives, do nothing?

BRCA	breast cancer genes 1 and 2 (also increase risk of other cancers including ovary, pancreas, prostate)

BTS	British Thoracic Society

BZD	benzodiazepine

CAA	cerebral amyloid angiopathy

CABG	coronary artery bypass graft

CAD	coronary artery disease

CADASIL

cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy

CAG	cytosine, adenine, guanine triplet repeats found in high numbers in Huntington's

CAGE	screen for problem alcohol use

CAM	confusion assessment method

CAP	community acquired pneumonia

CAPD	continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

CAR	chimeric antigen receptor

CASSR

council with adult social services responsibility

CAT	COPD assessment test

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CAUTI

catheter‐associated UTI

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.2.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Lecture Notes
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
• Schlagworte: Cardiovascular Disease • core geriatric medicine • disorders of homeostasis • Falls • Gastrointestinal disease • genitourinary disease • Immobility • joints • Old age psychiatry • orthogeriatrics • Palliative Care • respiratory disease • Science of ageing • social care for elderly • stroke
• ISBN-10: 1-119-62766-4 / 1119627664
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-62766-1 / 9781119627661