Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

✍ Scribed by Alberto Pilotto,Finbarr C. Martin (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 182
• Series: Practical Issues in Geriatrics
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book offers an up-to-date review on the principles and practice of multidimensional assessment and management of the older individual, which represents the cornerstone of modern clinical practice in the elderly. The early chapters cover the main elements and scope of the comprehensive geriatric approach and explain the pathways of care from screening and case finding through to in-depth assessment and treatment planning. Subsequent chapters review the evidence of how best to apply the multidimensional assessment and management approach in defined healthcare settings and within specific clinical areas, such as cancer and surgery. Finally, the education and training challenges are reviewed and the prospects for future clinical service and research in this important field are examined. The book is very timely given the recent advances in application of this approach, which reflect the growing international realization that older people are “core business” in many clinical areas where the role of specialist geriatric medicine has hitherto been limited. Accordingly, the book will be relevant to a wide range of clinicians. The authorship comprises many of the best known and widely published experts in their respective fields.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: An Updated Perspective (Luigi Ferrucci, Stefania Orini)....Pages 1-10
The Different Domains of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (Stefano Volpato, Jack M. Guralnik)....Pages 11-25
The Patient, the Multidisciplinary Team and the Assessment (Finbarr C. Martin)....Pages 27-38
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the Hospital (Alberto Pilotto, Nicola Veronese)....Pages 39-45
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Long-Term Care and Nursing Homes (Francesco Panza, Madia Lozupone, Vincenzo Solfrizzi, Francesca D’Urso, Roberta Stallone, Alessia Noia et al.)....Pages 47-56
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the Community and in Outpatient Consultation (Alberto Cella)....Pages 57-68
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Personalized Medicine (Arduino A. Mangoni)....Pages 69-77
CGA and Clinical Decision-Making: The Multidimensional Prognostic Index (Alberto Pilotto, Julia Daragjati, Nicola Veronese)....Pages 79-92
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the Emergency Department (Simon Conroy, Els Devriendt, Sarah Turpin)....Pages 93-109
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Cancer Patients (Philippe Caillet, Frederic Pamoukdjian, Anastaric Obraztsova, Elena Paillaud)....Pages 111-121
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Orthogeriatrics (Andrea Giusti, Christian Kammerlander)....Pages 123-132
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Patients with Organ Failure (Nicola Veronese, Anna Maria Mello, Clarissa Musacchio, Alberto Pilotto)....Pages 133-147
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Perioperative Medicine (Jugdeep Dhesi, Judith Partridge)....Pages 149-157
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Patients with Cognitive Decline (Maria Cristina Polidori)....Pages 159-167
Teaching CGA (Regina Elisabeth Roller, Maria Cristina Polidori, Katrin Singler)....Pages 169-176
Back Matter ....Pages 177-181

✦ Subjects

Geriatrics/Gerontology