02212nam a22002057a 4500 OSt 20231017145404.0 140718b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0911910360 WIUC - GH WIUC - GH RA777.5.M47 Beers, Mark H. 2577 The merck manual of health and aging. / Mark H. Beers. New Jersey: Merck Research Laboratory, 2004. xxix,961p.: ill., index; 24cm. Contents: Fundamentals of aging: Age-old questions --- How the body ages -- The aging of America -- Caring for self and others -- Preventive medical care -- Maintaining good nutrition -- Drugs and aging -- Complementary or alternative medicine -- Communicating with health care practitioners -- Continuity of care -- Understanding medical tests -- Hospital care -- Undergoing surgery -- Rehabilitation -- Long-term care -- Caregiving -- Palliative and end-of-life care -- Medical conditions: Nutritional disorders -- Water and electrolyte balance -- Hypothermia and hypothermia -- Dizziness and fainting -- Falls -- Osteoporosis -- Fractures -- Pain -- Confusion -- Delirium -- Dementia -- Stroke -- Nerve disorders -- Movement disorders -- Sleep -- Mental health disorders -- Thyroid disorders -- Diabetes mellitus -- Skin disorders -- Eye disorders -- Hearing and the ear -- Nose and throat disorders -- Mouth and dental disorders -- Foot disorders -- Arthritis -- Temporal arthritis and polymyalgia rhematica -- High blood pressure -- Blood vessel disorders -- Coronary artery disease -- Heart failure -- Abonominal heart rytms -- Heart valve disorders -- Blood disorders -- Finding and living with cancer -- Cancers -- Pheumonia and influenza -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Swallowing and reflux disorders -- Bowel movement disorders -- Urinary incontinence -- Female genital and sexual disorders -- Male genital and sexual disorders -- Exercise -- Social, legal and ethical issues: Coping with change -- Driving -- Intimacy -- Mistreatment -- Understanding legal and ethical issues -- Paying for health care Jones, Thomas V. 2578 Berkwits, Michael. 2579 lcc BK 10129 17629 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-KL WIUC-KL NURS L. 2019-11-26 0 RA777.5.M47 KSN/713/713/19 2023-10-17 00:00:00 2023-10-17 BK