Full Description
As aging trends in the United States and Europe in particular are strongly suggestive of increasingly older society, it would be prudent for health care providers to better prepare for such changes. By including physiology, disease, nutrition, pharmacology, pathology, radiology and other relevant associated topics, Geriatric Gastroenterology fills the void in the literature for a volume devoted specifically to gastrointestinal illness in the elderly. This unique volume includes provision of training for current and future generations of physicians to deal with the health problems of older adults. It will also serve as a comprehensive guide to practicing physicians for ease of reference. Relevant to the geriatric age group, the volume covers epidemiology, physiology of aging, gastrointestinal physiology, pharmacology, radiology, pathology, motility disorders, luminal disorders, hepato-biliary disease, systemic manifestations, neoplastic disorders, gastrointestinal bleeding, cancer and medication related interactions and adverse events, all extremely common in older adults; these are often hard to evaluate and judge, especially considering the complex aging physiology. All have become important components of modern medicine. Special emphasis is be given to nutrition and related disorders. Capsule endoscopy and its utility in the geriatric population is also covered. Presented in simple, easy to read style, the volume includes numerous tables, figures and key points enabling ease of understanding. Chapters on imaging and pathology are profusely illustrated. All chapters are written by specialists and include up to date scientific information. Geriatric Gastroenterology is of great utility to residents in internal medicine, fellows in gastroenterology and geriatric medicine as well as gastroenterologists, geriatricians and practicing physicians including primary care physicians caring for older adults.
Contents
Perspectives and Trends1. Geriatric Gastroenterology: the Geriatrician's Perspective T.S. Dharmarajan2. Geriatric Gastroenterology: The gastroenterologist's perspective: C.S. Pitchumoni3. Geriatric gastroenterology: future trends Karen E HallBasic Sciences, Principles and Epidemiology4. The Physiology of Aging T.S. Dharmarajan5. The Gastrointestinal System and Aging T.S. Dharmarajan, Amit Sohagia, C.S. Pitchumoni6. Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal disease Julia B Greer, Haq Nawaz, Dhiraj Yadav 7. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment T.S. DharmarajanPharmacology8. Drug effects on the gastrointestinal tract Vishal Jain, T.S. Dharmarajan, C.S. Pitchumoni9. Pharmacokinetics of aging Ryan J Haumschild10. Drug-nutrient interactions Srinivas Guptha Gunturu, T.S. Dharmarajan11. Probiotics Martin H. FlochNutrition12. Geriatric Nutritional assessment T.S. Dharmarajan, Kenneth L. Minaker13. Tube feeding: techniques and procedure Amit Sohagia, Hilary I Hertan 14. Enteral and Parenteral nutrition Manie Juneja, Stephen JD O' Keefe15. Ethical aspects, expectations and outcomes associated with PEG in Dementia T.S. Dharmarajan, Krishna P Aparanji, C.S. Pitchumoni16. Water, Potassium, Sodium, and Chloride in Nutrition T.S. Dharmarajan, Kenneth L. Minaker 17. Intravenous Fluid Administration Eugene C. Corbett Jr 18. B12 and Folic acid T.S. Dharmarajan, Srinivas Guptha Gunturu19. Iron, copper and zinc T.S. Dharmarajan, Srinivas Guptha Gunturu, C.S. Pitchumoni20. Vitamin D and calcium T.S. Dharmarajan, Amit Sohagia21. Dietary Fiber in Health and Disease C.S. Pitchumoni, Fisseha Y.Ghidey 22. Healthy Diet for the Older adult Sirakarn Tejavanija, Sunil S. JhangianiImaging23. Endoscopy in Older Adults: Risks, benefits, considerations Noelle O'Shea, Frank J. Lukens24. Wireless capsule endoscopy C.S. Pitchumoni and Neelam G. Gidwaney25. Gastrointestinal Radiology: Judith K. Amorosa, C.S. Pitchumoni26. Advanced Imaging of Geriatric Gastrointestinal Pathology Fernanda Samara MazzariolPathology27. Laboratory tests in Older Adults: Indications, Interpretations, Issues T.S. Dharmarajan, C.S. Pitchumoni28. Gastrointestinal Pathology in the Older Adult Noam Harpaz, Mohammad Raoufi, Hongfa ZhuMotility Disorders29. Dysphagia James C Reynolds, Bassem R. George30. Gastroparesis in older adults Richard W. McCallum, Ashish Malhotra 31. Esophageal Reflux disease and its Complications. Missale Solomon, James C Reynolds Signs and Symptoms32. Abdominal pain C.S. Pitchumoni, T.S. Dharmarajan33. Intestinal Gas Debra R Goldstein, C.S. Pitchumoni34. Constipation T.S. Dharmarajan, David Widjaja, C.S. Pitchumoni35. Diarrhea Sita Chokhavatia, Arvind J Trindade36. Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding C.S. Pitchumoni, Alexander BrunHepato Biliary System and Pancreas37. Liver function tests and interpretation Jacob Alexander, Kris V. Kowdley38. Viral Liver Diseases Satheesh Nair, Jihad O. Arteh39. Tumors of the liver Satheesh Nair, Jihad O. Arteh40. Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) C.S. Pitchumoni41. Drug induced liver injury Indira Donepudi, Hatef. Massoumi, T.S. Dharmarajan, C.S. Pitchumoni42. Gall bladder disease : Nanakram Agarwal, Suzanne Morrissey, Shyam Thakkar43. Acute Pancreatitis C.S. Pitchumoni44. Chronic Pancreatitis Gaurav Aggarwal, Suresh T Chari Luminal disorders45. Oral health in Older Adults Mary S. Haumschild, Barbara G. Hammacker46. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth syndrome: T.S. Dharmarajan, C.S. Pitchumoni47. Peptic ulcer Isidor Segal 48. Irritable bowel syndrome Eamonn M M Quigley 49. Intestinal ischemia Hazar Michael, C.S. Pitchumoni50. Inflammatory bowel disease Jeffrey Raphael Abergel, Kiron M Das51. Non-IBD and Non-Infectious colitis Ole Haagen Nielsen, Jakob Benedict Seidelin52. Celiac disease C.S. Pitchumoni, Nancy Chen53. Diverticular disease C.S. Pitchumoni54. Clostridium Difficile Associated Diseases C.S. Pitchumoni, T.S. Dharmarajan55. Gastrointestinal Infections David V. Alcid56. Anal Incontinence Sanjiv K. Patankar, Negar M. Salehomoum 57. Rectal prolapse Sanjiv K. Patankar, Rodolfo Pigalarga Neoplasms58. Colorectal Cancer Screening In The Older Adult: A Case Based Approach Brijen J Shah, Sita Chokhavatia59. Gastrointestinal polyps Tamir Ben-Menachem60. Gastric neoplasms Philip Chang, Isidor Segal 61. Esophageal cancer Noah Kornblum62. Pancreatic cancer Gaurav Aggarwal, Suresh T Chari 63. Colorectal cancer Giridhar U. Adiga, Janice P. DutcherPalliative Care64. Palliative Care of GI issues at the End of Life John M. Heath, Elizabeth PoplinSurgery 65. The Surgical Abdomen Carlos A Pelaez, Nanakram Agarwal66. Colostomy and Ileostomy care Juan J. Omana, Nanakram Agarwal Systems Disorders 67. Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Manifestations of Systemic Diseases Ellen C. Ebert68. Abdominal aortic aneurysm T.S. Dharmarajan69. Rheumatological manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease Nayan K Kothari, Srilatha Kothandaraman 70. Mucocutaneous manifestations with Gastrointestinal disease Robert A Norman, Trupal Patel71. HIV disease C.S. Pitchumoni and Alexander Brun72. Gastrointestinal Disorders in the Older Adult: the Psychiatrist's Role Alberto Cortes-Ladino
