Geriatric Rheumatology [recurso electrónico] : A Comprehensive Approach / edited by Yuri Nakasato, Raymond L. Yung.

Preface -- The Immune System in Aging -- Bone Aging -- Atherosclerosis in the Rheumatic Diseases: Compounding the Age Risk -- Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Rheumatic Diseases in the Elderly -- Tuberculosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Elderly -- Widespread Pain in Older Adults -- Pharmacotherapy Considerations Unique to the Older Patient -- Rheumatic Disease in the Nursing Home Patient -- Post Acute Care for Rheumatologists -- The Gerontorheumatology Outpatient Service: Towards an International Classification of Function Based Health Care Provision for the Elderly with Musculoskeletal Conditions -- Health Policy, Public Health, and Arthritis Among Older Adults -- Physical Therapy Management of Select Rheumatic Conditions in Older Adults -- Arthrocentesis in the Elderly -- Physical Activity in Older Adults with Arthritis -- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Elderly Populations -- Elderly Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug Use in Older Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients -- Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Aging of Osteoarthritis -- Osteoarthritis in the Elderly -- Medium- and Small-Vessel Vasculitis -- Management of Geriatric Gout -- Calcium-Containing-Crystals–Associated Arthropathies in the Elderly -- Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis in the Elderly -- Antiphospholipid Syndrome in the Older Population -- Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Elderly -- Infectious Arthritis in the Elderly -- Sarcopenia and Myopathies in the Elderly -- Scleroderma in the Elderly -- Sjögren’s Syndrome in the Elderly.

The first book dedicated explicitly to the care of elderly patients with rheumatic diseases, this comprehensive resource is a practical guide for navigating the medical concerns of these complex patients.  While patients over 65 years of age comprise roughly 15% of the population, they consume about 50% of rheumatology resources.  This book presents current clinical practices with an eye toward achieving economically sustainable models of care.  The world’s leading authorities have come together to cover the full spectrum of rheumatic diseases, the immune system in aging, and ultrasound evaluation and arthrocentesis.  The book also addresses the milieu of co-morbidities that the clinician may encounter with an older patient, as well as the accompanying concerns about multiple pharmacologic therapies and drug interactions.  Bringing in experts from a wide array of subspecialties, the editors present the essentials of multidisciplinary care, an approach which is the hallmark of geriatrics and which naturally translates into the field of gerontorheumatology.  Designed for primary care physicians and rheumatology consultants, Geriatric Rheumatology is an invaluable guide to caring for this rapidly growing patient population.

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