Title:
Medicines in the elderly / edited by David Armour, Chris Cairns.
Author:
Armour, David, 1941-
Cairns, Chris.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is old age? -- Altered drug response in the elderly -- Gastrointestinal medicines in the elderly -- Cardiovascular medicines in the elderly -- Respiratory medicine in the elderly -- Psychiatry and the elderly -- Treatment of neurological disease in the elderly -- Anti-infective therapy in the elderly -- Metabolic and endocrine disease in the elderly -- Osteoporosis and bone quality in the elderly -- Musculoskeletal and joint problems in the elderly -- Eye, ear and mouth problems in the elderly -- The skin in the elderly -- Palliative care in the elderly -- Compliance, concordance and polypharmacy in the elderly -- Research in the elderly: ethics, consent and methodology.
Publisher:
Pharmaceutical Press,
Publication Place:
London :
ISBN:
085369446X
Subject:
Drug Therapy.
Aged.
Geriatric pharmacology.
Personnes مagâees -- Maladies -- Chimiothâerapie.
Pharmacologie gâeriatrique.
Gâeriatrie -- Formules et ordonnances.
Thâerapeutique.
Contents:
What is old age? -- Altered drug response in the elderly -- Gastrointestinal medicines in the elderly -- Cardiovascular medicines in the elderly -- Respiratory medicine in the elderly -- Psychiatry and the elderly -- Treatment of neurological disease in the elderly -- Anti-infective therapy in the elderly -- Metabolic and endocrine disease in the elderly -- Osteoporosis and bone quality in the elderly -- Musculoskeletal and joint problems in the elderly -- Eye, ear and mouth problems in the elderly -- The skin in the elderly -- Palliative care in the elderly -- Compliance, concordance and polypharmacy in the elderly -- Research in the elderly: ethics, consent and methodology.
Physical Description:
xx, 428 p. : ill. ;
Publication Date:
2002.