Contents of Volume 1 About the Editors xi About the Associate Editors xiii List of Contributors xv Preface to the Fifth Edition xxiv Preface to the Sixth Edition xxv Foreword xxvi Introduction: Historical perspectives 1 Michael J. Denham and John E. Morley Part 1 Ageing: Biological, Social, and Community Perspectives 1 A biological perspective of ageing 13 Florent Guerville and Maël Lemoine 2 Physiology of ageing 22 Sevnaz Sahin and Emin Taskiran 3 Psychological aspects of ageing 34 Evan T. Schulze, Phillip Ruppert, Gayle Heady, and Lauren Schwarz 4 Social and community aspects of ageing 43 Kahli E. Zietlow and Serena P. Wong 5 Sexuality and ageing 59 Serena P. Wong and Kahli E. Zietlow 6 Ageing of the brain 68 Marco Canevelli and Luca Marsili 7 Physical fitness and exercise 77 Maria A.
Fiatarone Singh, Mikel Izquierdo, and John E. Morley 8 Health literacy and cultural sensitivity 108 Nina Tumosa Part 2 Medicine and Prescribing in Old Age 9 Preventive geriatrics 121 Gerald M. Mahon, Suzanne M. Mahon, and Joseph H. Flaherty 10 Polypharmacy and deprescribing in older adults 132 Fernanda Heitor and Milta Little 11 Patient safety 146 Katherine Evans, Nandkishor Athavale, Susannah Long, and Charles Vincent Section 1 Eating Disorders and Nutritional Health 12 Nutrition and healthy ageing: Emphasis on brain, bone, and muscle 167 Gene L. Bowman 13 The anorexia of aging 177 Neema Sharda, Jantira Thomas, and Ian M. Chapman 14 Weight loss 190 Isabelle BourdelMarchasson and David R. Thomas 15 Water and electrolyte balances in ageing 202 Stewart G.
Albert and Alexis McKee 16 Vitamins and minerals 213 Mary Ann Johnson and Connie W. Bales Section 2 Gastro Disorders 17 Changes in gastrointestinal motor and sensory function associated with ageing 231 Christopher K. Rayner and Michael Horowitz 18 The liver and gallbladder in the geriatric population 247 Gary Trey 19 Faecal incontinence 254 William Gibson 20 Constipation 263 Katherine A. Evans and Charlene M. Prather 21 Diseases of the pancreas 274 Tyler M. Berzin and Awais Ahmed Section 3 Haematological Disorders 22 Anaemia in older people 283 Angela M. Sanford 23 Disseminated intravascular coagulation 294 Kingsley K. Hampton 24 Disorders of haemostasis 298 Kingsley K.
Hampton 25 When to anticoagulate, and which anticoagulant? 307 Irene Criado Martin, Alba Mª Costa Grille, and Roberto Petidier Torregrossa 26 Myelodysplasia 316 Domenico Fusco, Andrea Bellieni, Beatrice Di Capua, and Giuseppe Colloca 27 Management of myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukaemias in the elderly 331 Delphine Bréchemier, Marie Garric, and Thomas De Nadaï Section 4 Cardiovascular Diseases and Health 28 Epidemiology of heart disease 345 Marco Proietti 29 Arrhythmias 360 C. Fielder Camm and A. John Camm 30 Ischaemic heart disease 388 Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz 31 Lipid management 400 Tiziano Lucchi 32 Hypotension 419 Elspeth A. Clark and Gwendolen T. Buhr 33 Hypertension in older people 427 Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz and Alan J. Sinclair 34 Heart failure 439 Nandkishor V.
Athavale 35 Cardiac surgery and percutaneous interventions in the elderly 455 Ulrich von Oppell, Adam Szafranek, and Richard Anderson 36 Peripheral arterial disease 482 Leocadio Rodríguez Mañas, Marta Castro Rodríguez, and Cristina Alonso Bouzón 37 Venous thromboembolism in the elderly 493 Alessandra BuraRiviere, Lucas Verset, and FrançoisXavier Lapebie Section 5 Respiratory Diseases 38 Epidemiologic and pathophysiologic overview of respiratory infections 501 Sean D. Levy and Ronald C. Silvestri 39 Pneumonia 512 Joël Belmin 40 Aspiration pneumonia 522 Ben Blomberg and Neema Sharda 41 The COVID19 pandemic in older people 530 Nandkishor V. Athavale, Joanne Conway, Demelza Emmerton, and Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz 42 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma 542 Simone Scarlata and Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi 43 Pulmonary rehabilitation 555 Mangalore Amith Shenoy and Peter Spiegler Section 6 CNS Disorders 44 Neurological signs of ageing 563 Jonathan M. Schott and Andrew J. Larner 45 Sleep apnoea and sleep disorders 570 Araceli Abad, Cristina Matesanz, Carmen Acosta, and Cristina López 46 Normal pressure hydrocephalus 581 Vito Curiale and Sandrine Louchart De La Chappelle 47 Acute stroke care and management of carotid artery stenosis 598 David Doig and Martin M. Brown 48 Stroke and stroke rehabilitation 619 Guillaume Albaret and Helene Domergue 49 Communication disorders and dysphagia 635 Pamela M.
Enderby 50 Acute and chronic subdural hematoma 644 Lauren Peruski and Magdy Selim 51 Epilepsy 653 Almudena Areosa Sastre and Irene Lozano Rosique 52 Syncope and nonepileptic attacks 664 Matteo Cesari and Beatrice Arosio 53 Parkinson''s disease 674 Bruno Oquendo and Joël Belmin 54 NonParkinsonian movement disorders in the elderly 681 Christian Johannes Amlang and Katie Kompoliti 55 Diabetic neuropathy 698 Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz and Alan J. Sinclair 56 Disorders of the neuromuscular junction 709 Sivakumar Sathasivam and Andrew J. Larner 57 Muscle disorders 718 Devyani Misra 58 Motor neuron disease 733 Pascal Cintas 59 Chronic pain 743 Benny Katz 60 Multiple sclerosis 756 Krupa S. Pandey and Florian P. Thomas Appendix Function assessment scales i Index xvii Contents of Volume 2 About the Editors xi About the Associate Editors xiii List of Contributors xv Preface to the Fifth Edition xxiv Preface to the Sixth Edition xxv Foreword xxvi Section 7 Dementia and Cognitive Disorders 61 Delirium in older patients 771 Sarah A. Wingfield and Joseph H. Flaherty 62 Memory clinics 782 Ipsit V.
Vahia 63 Alzheimer''s disease 794 Julien Delrieu 64 Mild cognitive impairment: an update 808 Pierre- Jean Ousset 65 Vascular dementia 811 Marco Inzitari and Domenico Inzitari 66 Mental stimulation and dementia 822 Joe Verghese 67 Exercise and dementia 829 Yves Rolland and Philipe de Souto Barreto 68 Drug development and Alzheimer''s disease 843 Julien Delrieu and Bruno Vellas 69 Other dementias 860 Wee Shiong Lim 70 Management of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia 878 Maria Soto Martin and Adelaïde de Mauleon 71 Late- life depression 892 Didi Rhebergen and Max Stek 72 Geriatric psychiatry 904 Abhilash K. Desai and George T. Grossberg 73 Organisation of services in geriatric psychiatry 919 Susan Mary Benbow and Sharmi Bhattacharyya 74 The older patient with Down syndrome 934 John E. Morley Section 8 Special Senses, Bone, and Joint Health 75 Disorders of the vestibular system 943 Charlotte Ågrup and Linda M. Luxon 76 Smell and taste 957 Eva Topinkova 77 Osteoporosis: burden, diagnosis, and management 972 Jean- Yves Reginster and Olivier Bruyere 78 Gait, balance, and falls 979 Sarah D. Berry and Deborah S. Lee 79 Hip fracture and orthogeriatrics 992 Christine Lafont and Thomas Krams 80 Foot problems 1007 Hylton B. Menz Section 9 Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders 81 Endocrinology of ageing 1021 Ray Bourey, John Morley, and Alexis McKee 82 The pituitary gland, 1032 Alexis M.
McKee and John E. Morley 83 Thyroid disorders 1041 Ligia J. Dominguez and Mario Barbagallo 84 Ovarian function and menopause 1059 Andrea Martínez- Massa, Antonio Marín- Montes, Jorge Abril- Pérez, and Antonio Cano 85 Testicular function 1073 Sandeep Dhindsa 86 Diabetes mellitus 1086 Alan J. Sinclair and Graydon S. Meneilly 87 New therapies for diabetes mellitus 1108 Michelangela Barbieri, Vittoria Cataldo, George T. Griffing, and Giuseppe Paolisso Section 10 Urogenital Disorders 88 Gynaecology and the older patient 1125 Vishnu Priya Padmanabhan, Susan Joseph, Radha Indusekhar, and Fidelma O''Mahony 89 Prostate diseases 1136 Stephane Gerard, Loic Mourey, Marguerite Briand, Boris Delaunay, and Laurent Balardy 90 The ageing bladder 1153 Matteo Cesari and Beatrice Arosio 91 Geriatric nephrology 1162 David Schlientz, Liza Genao, Ca.