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 the second edition of Infectious Disease in the Aging: A Clinical Handbook, 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 preventive techniques. Among the illnesses discussed are urinary tract infections, pneumonia, ocular infections, tuberculosis, and fungal and viral infections. In addition, there are detailed discussions of sepsis, infective endocarditis, intraabdominal infections, bacterial meningitis, osteomyelitis and septicarthritis, and prosthetic device infections. An easily accessible guide for practicing physicians who diagnose, treat, and prevent infectious and infectious disease-related problems in the elderly Written by leading experts in the field Second edition includes new and updated chapters covering the most important and common infectious diseases encountered in elderly patients INDICE: From the contents Concepts 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.
- ISBN: 978-1-60327-533-0
- Editorial: Humana
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 370
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés