Geriatric medicine

S. Kamen and L. B. Kamen, Aging and oral function, in Contemporary Geriatric Medicine, Vol. 2 (S. R. Gambert, ed.), Plenum Publishing, New York, 1986. 

G. M. Ritchie, Mouth and dentition, in Practical Geriatric Medicine (A. N. Exton-Smith and M. F. Weksler, eds.), Churchill Livingstone, New York. 1985. 

Dufour MC, Archer L and Gordis E (1992). Alcohol and the elderly. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 8, 127-141. 

Professor and Larry L. Hillblom Chair in Geriatric Medicine Department of General Medicine,... 

Cusack BJ, Vestal RE In geriatrics review syllabus a core curriculum in geriatric medicine. 1st ed. Beck JC, editor. New York American Geriatrics Society 1989. p. 125-36 ... 

Clinical pharmacology special considerations in the elderly. In Practice of Geriatric Medicine, Calkins E, Davis PJ, Ford AB, editors. Philadelphia WB Sann-ders Co 1986. p. 115-36 ... 

Barry Cusack, MD Chief, Geriatrics Section, VA Medical Center, 500 W Fort St, Boise, ID 83702-4598, USA, and Professor of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA... 

Hazzard WR et al. Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (4th ed.). New York McGraw-Hill, 1999. 

Associate Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Staff Geriatrician, Service of Geriatric Medicine, Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Madrid, Spain... 

The classical antipsychotic (see p. 380) drugs block dopamine receptors and their antipsychotic activity relates closely to this action, which notably involves the Dj-receptor, the principal target in Parkinson s disease. It comes as no surprise, therefore, that these drugs can induce a state whose clinical features are very similar to those of idiopathic Parkinson s disease. The piperazine phenothiazines, e.g. trifluoperazine, and the butyrophenones, e.g. haloperidol, are most commonly involved. In one series of 95 new cases of parkinsonism referred to a department of geriatric medicine, 51% were associated with prescribed drugs and half of these required hospital admission. After withdrawal of the offending drug most cases resolved completely in 7 weeks. But... 

Taffet, G.E. Age-related physiologic changes. In Geriatric Review Syllabus A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine, 3rd Ed Reuben, D.B., Yoshikawa, T.T., Besdine, R.W., Eds. Kendall/Hunt for the American Geriatric Society Dubuque, LA, 1996 11-24. 

Sheely TW. The gastrointestinal system and the elderly. In Gamhert SR, ed. Contemporary Geriatric Medicine. 2nd ed. New York Plenum Puhlishing, 1986. 

Exton-Smith AN, Weksler ME. Practical Geriatric Medicine. New York Churchill Livingstone, 1985. 

Rubenstein LZ, Rubenstein LV. Multidimensional geriatric assessment. In Tallis R, Fillit H, eds. Brocklehurst s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine, 6th ed. London, Churchill-Livingstone, 2003 291-299. 

Hiatt W, Nehler MR Peripheral arterial disease. In, Cassel CK (ed) Geriatric Medicine An Evidence Based Approach, 4 ed. New York, Spring-Verlag, 2003. 

Using modern methods it has been shown that this action is partly an immuno-stimula-tory effect. Besides the increase in physical capacity, improved psychic activity was also been noted, including increased concentration capacity, possibly also increased memory. That is why these drugs are used in geriatric medicine. 

B. Halter, W. R. Hazard, J. G. Ouslander (Eds.), Principles of geriatric medicine and gerontology. New York McGraw-Hill. 

M Bliss, Geriatric medicine. In Bader DL (ed). Pressure Sores Clinical actice and scientific approach. London Macmillan, 1990 pp65-80. 

Forster, A., Samaras, N., Gold, G. and Samaras, D. (2011). Oropharyngeal dysphagia in older adults a review. European Geriatric Medicine, 2, 356-362. 

Halter, Jeffrey, et al. Hazzard s Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. 6th ed. New brk McGraw-Hill, 2009. A compendium of evidence-based medicine and clinical applications for treating the aged. Includes 300 illustrations, numerous tables and figures, and additional online resources. 

Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita 565-0871, Osaka, Japan... 

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