Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

Part I. Principles of gerontology. Biology of aging and longevity -- Genetics of age-dependent human disease -- Immunology of aging -- Chronic inflammation -- Chronic inflammation -- Demography and epidemiology -- International gerontology and geriatric medicine -- Psychosocial aspects of aging -- Sex differences in health and longevity -- Part II. Principles of geriatrics. Section A: Assessment. Evaluation, management, and decision making -- Principles of geriatric assessment -- Mental status and neurologic examination -- Assessment of decisional capacity and competencies -- Prevention and screening -- Section B: Organization of care. Geriatrics models of care -- Transitions in care -- Acute hospital care -- Emergency department care -- Critical care -- Subacute care -- Nursing home care -- Community-based long-term services and support and home care -- Rural aging -- Quality of care -- Section C: Special management issues. General principles of pharmacology and appropriate prescribing -- Complementary and alternative medicine -- Team care -- Social work -- Self-management of health behavior -- Rehabilitation -- Legal issues -- Section D: Surgical management. Perioperative evaluation and management -- Anesthesia -- Surgical outcomes -- Section E: Nutrition. Nutrition and obesity -- Malnutrition and enteral/parenteral alimentation -- Disorders of swallowing -- Oral health -- Section F. Sensory function. Low vision: assessment and rehabilitation -- The auditory system -- Section G.: Gender and sexuality. Menopause and midlife health changes -- Sexuality, sexual function, and the aging woman -- Gynecologic disorders -- Sexuality, sexual function, and androgen replacement therapy in the aging male -- Benign prostate disorders -- Part III. Geriatric syndromes. Aging and homeostatic regulation -- Frailty -- Delirium -- Falls -- Sleep disorders -- Dizziness -- Syncope -- Pressure ulcers -- Incontinence -- Elder mistreatment -- Part IV. Principles of palliative

medicine and ethics. Palliative care and special management issues -- Pain management -- Common nonpain symptoms -- Effective communication strategies for patients with advanced illness -- Palliative medicine across the continuum of care including hospice -- Spiritual care -- Ethics -- Part V. Organ systems and diseases. Section A. Neurology and psychiatry. Cellular and neurochemical aspects of the aging brain -- Cognitive changes associated with normal and pathologic aging -- Psychoactive drug therapy -- Cerebrovascular disease -- Dementia including Alzheimer disease -- Parkinson disease and related disorders -- Other neurodegenerative disorders -- Traumatic brain injury -- Epilepsy -- Evidence-based treatment and prevention of major depressive episodes in later life -- Schizophrenia -- General topics in geriatric psychiatry -- Management of agitation in dementia -- Section B: Cardiovascular system. Effects of aging on cardiovascular structure and function -- Vascular aging and atherosclerosis -- Coronary heart disease -- Valvular heart disease -- Heart failure -- Cardiac arrhythmias -- Peripheral vascular disease -- Hypertension -- Section C: Pulmonary. Aging of the respiratory system -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Diffuse parenchymal lung disease -- Section D. Nephrology. Aging of the kidney -- Renal disease -- End-stage renal disease -- Disorders of fluid and electrolyte balance -- Section E: Gastroenterology. Aging of the gastrointestinal system -- Hepatic disease -- Biliary and pancreatic disease -- Upper gastrointestinal disorders -- Common large intestinal disorders -- Constipation -- Section F: Oncology. Oncology and aging: general principles -- Breast disease -- Prostate cancer -- Lung cancer -- Gastrointestinal malignancies -- Intercranial neoplasms -- Skin cancer -- Section G: Hematology. Aging of the hematopoietic system -- White cell disorders -- Non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin lymphomas -- Coagulation disorders --

Plasma cell disorders -- Hyperparathyroidism and Paget disease of bone -- Section I. Mobility and rheumatology. Aging of the muscles and joints -- Biomechanics of mobility -- Exercise: physiologic and functional effects -- Mobility -- Osteoarthritis -- Osteoporosis -- Hip fractures -- Myopathies, polymyalgia rheumatica, and giant cell arteritis -- Rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases -- Back pain and spinal stenosis -- Foot problems -- Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndromes -- Section J: Infectious diseases. Infection: General principles -- Pneumonia -- Urinary tract infections -- Human immunodeficiency virus infection -- Herpes zoster -- Influenza and respiratory syncytial visus.