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Geriatrics
Geriatricians are doctors who specialize in the care of older adults. Geriatricians partner with patients, their families, and other healthcare experts to optimize health, function, and quality of life.
Geriatrics is an area of medicine dealing with elderly patients. The main goals of geriatrics are to promote the health of the elderly and to prevent and treat diseases they may encounter.
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Geriatrics
The branch of medicine devoted to the elderly.
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Geriatrics - the treatment of diseases and internal disorders of the elderly
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Geriatrics
The branch of medical science devoted to diseases of the aged.
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Geriatrics
Geriatrics is the branch of medicine concerned with diseases and problems of the elderly.
Geriatrics
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psychogeriatrics
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Aging & Geriatrics
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American Geriatrics Society
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American Geriatrics Society Panel on the Pharmacological Management of Persistent Pain in Older Persons. Pain Med. 2009;10(6):1062-1083.
Bennett RM. Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of fibromyalgia. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2009;35(2):215-232.
American Geriatrics Society: The AGS Foundation for Health and Aging
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The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) recently released clinical practice guidelines to assist health care providers in assessing the risk of falls in older individuals and provide management strategies for reducing fall risk.
Geriatrics 53(10): 46-62. 1998.
Bazzano LA, He J, Ogden LG, Loria CM, Whelton PK.
Primary Care Geriatrics, 5th ed., pp. 401-407. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier.
Barker WH (2008). Prevention of disability in older persons. In RB Wallace et al., eds., Wallace/Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15th ed., pp.
Geriatrics 45 (8): 24-30, 1990.
Abel EA, Farber EM: Drug eruptions and urticaria. In: Rubenstein E, Federman DD, eds.: Scientific American Medicine. New York: Scientific American, Inc, Chapter 2: Dermatology, Section VI, 1-11, 1990.
A family practice physician can have a varied and extensive medical background, including internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and geriatrics.
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^ The Merck Manual of Geriatrics > Chronic Leukemias Retrieved June, 2010
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The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) says older adults need at least seven to eight hours a night. People who don't get enough sleep have trouble concentrating, remembering things, accomplishing daily tasks, and handling stress.
Geriatrics 36 (5): 143-6, 1981.
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Bruera E, Suarez-Almazor M, Velasco A, et al.: The assessment of constipation in terminal cancer patients admitted to a palliative care unit: a retrospective review. J Pain Symptom Manage 9 (8): 515-9, 1994.
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Duthie EH Jr and Katz PR. Practice of Geriatrics . 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Company; 1998.
Fauci AS, Braunwald E, Isselbacher KJ, et al. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine . 14th ed. New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies; 2000.
Dermatologic Diseases and Disorders. In: Pompei P, Murphy JB, eds. Geriatrics Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine. 6th edition. New York, NY: American Geriatrics Society; 2006:314. Reprinted with permission.
Updated by: Michael Langan, M.D. Department of Geriatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Beers MH, Berkow R, Bogin RM, et al. The Merck Manual of Geriatrics . 3rd ed. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck & Co. Inc.; 1995-2000.
Cecil RL, Goldman L, Bennett JC. Cecil Textbook of Medicine . 21st ed. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Company; 2000.
Prepared by the editors of Harvard Health Publications in consultation with Anne Fabiny, MD, Chief of Geriatrics at the Cambridge Health Alliance, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Charles Sabatino, JD, Director, ...
* Senior Health Specialists (Geriatrics):
Geriatric Medicine (Senior Health Specialist)
Geriatric Psychiatry (Senior Mental Health)
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Michael Langan, M.D., Department of Geriatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Litt, Jerome Z. "Rosacea: How to Recognize and Treat an Age-Related Skin Disease." Geriatrics 52 (November 1997): 39+.
Thiboutot, Diane M. "Acne Rosacea." American Family Physician 50 (December 1994): 1691-1697.
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Division of Internal MedicineSpecialized care in geriatrics, women's and men's special health needs and mental health.
The ophthalmoscope is invaluable in many fields of medicine, including cardiology (cardiovascular disease), hematology, medical genetics, neurology, neurosurgery, rheumatology, family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, and geriatrics.
s practice in all specialties of medicine, ranging from emergency medicine and cardiovascular surgery to psychiatry and geriatrics.
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[Geriatrics (1961): p.407] The Chair of the American Medical Association's Council on Food and Nutrition explained in testimony before Congress why the AMA felt they had to formally publish an official condemnation of the Atkins Diet: "It became ...
Pennypacker, L. C. "High Prevalence of Cobalamin Deficiency in Elderly Outpatients." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 40 12 (1992): 1197-1204.
& Gylfadottir, S. (2005). Exercise leads to faster postural reflexes, improved balance and mobility and fewer falls in older persons with chronic stroke. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53, 416-423.
The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of aging in humans is geriatrics.
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Geriatric medicine: (G. geron = old man + iatreia = treatment of disease) The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease in older people and the problems specific to aging. Also called geriatrics.
Whereas the physical changes associated with aging occur in all individuals to some extent, evidence of psychological degeneration is not universal. In common usage, the term senility is applied only to mental deterioration. See geriatrics; ...
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