Geriatric Medicine A Problem-Based Approach
Written by international experts, this book presents chapters that cover common geriatric conditions including dementia, depression, delirium, falls, polypharmacy, incontinence, immobility, and medication-related issues, as well as neurological, cardiovas
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Geriatric Medicine
A Problem-Based Approach
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Geriatric Medicine
Balakrishnan Kichu R. Nair Editor
Geriatric Medicine A Problem-Based Approach
Editor Balakrishnan Kichu R. Nair School of Medicine and Public Health Hunter Health, John Hunter Campus Newcastle Australia
This edition is jointly published by Springer Nature Singapore Pte. Ltd., and Byword Books Private Limited ISBN 978-981-10-3252-3 ISBN 978-981-10-3253-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-3253-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017945832 © The Editor(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Singapore is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Byword Books Private Limited, Delhi, India (www.bywordbooks.in) This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
With love to my wife Usha Parvathy and my daughters Narayani and Gayatri
Foreword
The specialty of geriatric medicine can trace its origins to London in the 1930s and to the pioneering work of the indomitable and extraordinary Dr Marjory Winsome Warren (1897–1960). When tasked with providing clinical supervision for the several hundred ‘inmates’ of an old workhouse which formed part of the West Middlesex County Hospital, Dr Warren took the revolutionary step of clinically assessing these people and amazed the medical world when she identified a range of clinical disorders which could be diagnosed and treated. In writing of her work and in inviting others to share in it, the specialty of geriatrics (from ‘geron’—an elder) was born. Following Dr Warren’s untimely death in a road traffic accident, the torch for geriatric medicine was carried onwards by a raft of dedicated clinicians (not all of th
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