A Clinical Guide for the Care of Older Women

Richard L. Byyny, Leon Speroff (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

547 Seiten

1996 | 2nd Revised edition
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Verlag)
978-0-683-01151-7 (ISBN)

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This practical guide aims to help the practitioner address the problems of older female patients, with specific guidelines on screening, diagnosis, and management. The emphasis of the text is on practicality, quality of life and prevention.

General health - the biology of ageing, successful ageing - health maintenance and preventive care, ageing and reproduction, contraception for older women, the cholesterol-lipoprotein profile - a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, menopause and hormone therapy, sexuality in the older years, obesity; medical problems - the breast, hypertension, cardiovascular disease in older women; common pulmonary problems, gastrointestinal function and diseases, the urinary tract and pelvic floor, the external genitalia, thyroid and parathyroid disorders, diabetes mellitus, joint and bone problems, common infectious problems, chronic pain and hypochondriasis, dermatology, headache, depression and dementia.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.1996
Illustrationen	Lisa Million
Zusatzinfo	100 illustrations
Verlagsort	Philadelphia
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	1560 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
ISBN-10	0-683-01151-0 / 0683011510
ISBN-13	978-0-683-01151-7 / 9780683011517
Zustand	Neuware