Fractures in the Elderly

A Guide to Practical Management

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

AvRobert J. Pignolo,Mary Ann Keenan,Nader M Hebela

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Fractures in the Elderly: A Guide to Practical Management provides geriatricians and other medical specialists who provide care for older adults with the vital guidance and most current data and opinions regarding the treatment of elderly patients who sustain a variety of fractures.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-12-27
Mått155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt528 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAging Medicine
Antal sidor335
FörlagHumana Press Inc.
ISBN9781617797187

Tillhör följande kategorier

Klinisk medicin och internmedicin inom Medicin
Geriatrik inom Medicin
Ortopedi och frakturer inom Medicin

Osteobiology of Aging.- Pathologic Fractures.- Falls.- Preoperative Assessment of Risk.- Anticoagulation.- Prevention and Management of Perioperative Delirium.- Anesthesia and Postoperative Pain Control.- Postoperative Complications.- Hand and Wrist Fractures.- Humerus and Elbow Fractures.- Vertebral Fractures.- Hip Fractures.- Distal Femur Fractures.- Tibial Plateau Fractures.- Recovery and Fracture Rehabilitation.- Evaluation of Bone Fragility and Fracture Prevention.

From the reviews: "This multiauthored book on fractures in older persons is part of the series Aging Medicine. ... audience is practitioners, but advanced trainees in these areas also will find this book of use. The authors are all experts in these areas. ... This is a very good book with a well-organized flow. ... Persons looking for useful areas of research in fractures and the management of persons sustaining fractures would benefit from reading this book. The contribution of a wide range of specialists enhances its usefulness." (David O. Staats, Doody's Review Service, June, 2011) "This timely book aims to provide up-to-date information on the prevention of fractures in the elderly as well as current best management practices for dealing with fractures once they have occurred. ... The discussions of current surgical techniques are ... concise and clearly presented for both the surgical and the nonsurgical reader. ... a readable, concise guide for clinicians whose task is to prevent or to treat fractures in elderly persons. ... should be a useful reference for geriatricians, orthopedists, anesthesiologists, and primary care physicians." (David A. Ontjes, Journal of the American Medical Association, July, 2011)