Editor: Tuck Yean Yong

Series Title: Recent Advances in Geriatric Medicine

Chronic Diseases in Geriatric Patients

Volume 1

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ISSN: 2468-2241 (Print)
ISSN: 2468-225X (Online)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-246-2 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-245-5 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2016
DOI: 10.2174/97816810824551160101

Introduction

The incidence of multiple chronic diseases affecting a single individual is high among elderly patients. This incidence is believed to be associated with a decline in many health outcomes, including quality of life, mobility, functional ability, increased frequency of hospitalizations, psychological distress, mortality and the use of health care resources. Health in elderly patients can fluctuate significantly, thus prompting the need for proper integration of comprehensive geriatric care. An increasing amount of data gained from research programs is making it clear that a geriatric assessment identifies many problems in older people with chronic diseases, adds prognostic information, and might improve the outcomes of these patients. This volume reviews research on the value of geriatric programs in different subspecialties of internal medicine. Chapters of this book cover different chronic diseases (coronary artery disease, kidney disease, diabetes, osteoporosis etc.) separately and present new findings in these areas. Readers – both medical students and researchers – will find the book an essential for understanding requirements and nuances of specialized geriatric programs in the healthcare sector.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Tuck Yean Yong
Internal Medicine, Flinders Private Hospital
Flinders Drive, Bedford Park
South Australia
Australia




Contributor(s):
Danielle Wu
Department of Nephrology
Mackay Base Hospital
Mackay
Australia


Kareeann Sok Fun Khow
Department of Medicine
University of Adelaide
Adelaide
Australia


Lei Gao
Department of Cardiology
General Hospital of People’s Liberation Army
Beijing 100853
People’s Republic of China


Tuck Yean Yong
Internal Medicine, Flinders Private Hospital
Flinders Drive
Bedford Park
Australia




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