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Infectious Disease in the Aging
A Clinical Handbook, Infectious Disease
ISBN/EAN: 9781617379062
Umbreit-Nr.: 1803676
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xviii, 520 S., 51 s/w Illustr., 520 p. 51 illus.
Format in cm:
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 19.11.2010
Auflage: 2/2009
- Zusatztext
- InhaltsangabeConcepts and Principles of Infections and Aging.- Epidemiology of aging and infectious diseases.- Factors predisposing to Infection.- Clinical features of infections.- Role and importance of functional assessment in infections.- Principles of antimicrobial therapy.- Common Infections.- Sepsis.- Bronchitis and pneumonia.- Tuberculosis.- Infective endocarditis.- Intraabdominal infections.- Infectious diarrhea (Note: will include D. difficile and norovirus).- Urinary tract infection.- Bacterial meningitis and brain abscess.- Osteomyelits and septic arthritis.- Skin and soft tissue infections.- Herpes zoster.- Orofacial and odontogenic infections.- Ocular infections.- Otitis externa, otitis media and sinusitis.- Prosthetic device infections.- Staphylococcal and enterococcal infections.- Fungal infections.- Viral infections.- Special or Unique Infectious Disease Problems.- Infections in long-term care setting.- Infection control in long-term care setting.- Infection in diabetics.- Vaccinations.- Nutrition and infection.- Sexually transmitted diseases (excluding HIV/AIDS).- Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome.- Severe acute respiratory syndrome and West Nile virus infection.
- Kurztext
- Because aging is accompanied by a steady decline in resistance to infectious diseases, the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases in the elderly is not only much more complex, but also often quite different from that for younger patients. In Infectious Disease in the Aging: A Clinical Handbook, 2nd Edition, a panel of well-known and highly experienced geriatric physicians and infectious disease experts review the most important common infections affecting the elderly and delineate their well-proven diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventative techniques. Among the illnesses discusses are urinary tract infections, pneumonia, ocular infections, tuberculosis, and fungal and viral infections. There are detailed discussion of sepsis, infective endocarditis, intraabdominal infections, bacterial meningitis, osteomyelitis and septic arthritis, and prosthetic device infections. In addition, this 2nd edition includes new chapters on Herpes zoster, HIV/AIDS, and SARS and West Nile Virus. Comprehensive, informative, and easily accessible, Infectious Disease in the Aging: A Clinical Handbook, 2nd Edition, offers all physicians treating geriatric patients the quickest and most up-to-date guide to understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious disease problems in the elderly today.