Geriatric medicine is challenging – people present with multiple problems at the same time, and case studies provide a good way to discuss this complexity. This book describes 30 cases of older people with frailty presenting to acute medical services.
Geriatric medicine is challenging – people present with multiple problems at the same time, and case studies provide a good way to discuss this complexity. This book describes 30 cases of older people with frailty presenting to acute medical services. They cover a wide range of common presentations and management issues and explore the interplay of acute illness, multimorbidity, and physical and cognitive impairments. The book focuses on medicine optimisation, shared decision-making and advance care planning using key test results and imaging studies. Management options are discussed where disease-specific guidelines may not provide the solution when treating older adults.
Key Features:
- Provides real-world complex examples with consequent nuanced decision-making.
- Uses case studies to address interactions of acute illnesses, polypharmacy and physical and cognitive impairments for clinicians and trainees in geriatric and general internal medicine and general practitioners.
- Discusses patient-centred management – balance of risks and benefits of different options, including shared decision-making and advance care planning.
Case 1, Case 2, Case 3, Case 4, Case 5, Case 6, Case 7, Case 8, Case 9,
Case 10, Case 11, Case 12, Case 13, Case 14, Case 15, Case 16, Case 17, Case
18, Case 19, Case 20, Case 21, Case 22, Case 23, Case 24, Case 25, Case 26,
Case 27, Case 28, Case 29, Case 30
Dr Henry J Woodford was born in York and trained in medicine at Kings College London. He is currently employed as a consultant geriatrician at Northumbria Healthcare in the northeast of England. He has a particular interest in medicine optimisation for older people and is current chair of the relevant British Geriatrics Society special interest group. His publications include the textbooks Essential Geriatrics and co-authoring Geriatric Medicine: 300 Specialty Certificate Exam Questions. Outside of work, he tries to keep fit through circuit training, running and indoor bouldering.
Dr Francis J A Collin was born in Nottingham and trained in medicine at the University of Bristol. He works as a consultant geriatrician at Northumbria Healthcare and has a particular interest in liaison working having worked as an orthogeriatrician and set up surgical geriatrics and community-based intermediate care services. Outside of work he is a husband and father to two wonderful children and still plays Ultimate Frisbee internationally, having represented Great Britain.
