Geriatric Library: Page 5

Contents of this page include:

• Pain Management
• Palliative Care
• Predictors of Mortality in Older Individuals
• Sleep
• Surgical Issues for Older Adults
• Urinary Incontinence

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Management of Pain in the Elderly

Barkin RL, Barkin SJ, Barkin DS. Perception, assessment, treatment, and management of pain in the edlerly. Clin Geriatr Med. 2005;21:465-490.

Davis MP, Srivastava M. Demographics, assessment and management of pain in the elderly. Drugs Aging . 2003;20(1):23-57.

AGS Panel on Persistent Pain in Older Persons. The Management of Persistent Pain in Older Persons. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002;50:S205-S224

Weiner DK.  Office management of chronic pain in elderly.  Am J Med. 2007;120:306-15

O'Mahony S. Managing Pain in the Older Person.  J Pain & Palli Care Pharmaco. 2008;22:167-170

Collett B, O’Mahoney S,  Schofeild P, Closs SJ, Potter J.  The asssessment of pain in older people.  Clin. Med.  2007;7:496-500.

Pergolizzi J, Böger RH, Budd K, Dahan A, Erdine S, et al.  Opioids and the Management of Chronic Severe Pain in the Elderly: Consensus Statement of an International Expert Panel with Focus on the Six Clinically Most Often Used World Health Organization step III Opioids (Buprenorphine, Fentanyl, Hydromorphone, Methadone, Morphine, Oxycodone) Opioids in the management of chronic pain in the elderly.   Pain Pract. 2008;8:287-313.

Palliative Care

Morrison RS, Meier DE. Palliative Care. N Engl J Med 2004;350:2582-90.

Meraviglia M, Sutter R, Gaskamp CD.  Providing spiritual care to terminally ill older adults.  J Gerontol Nurs. 2008;34:8-14.

Carrow DC, Stevenson JP, Abernethy AP, Plummer J, Shelby-James TM.  Prescribing in Palliative Care as Death Approaches.  J Am Geriatr Soc.  2007;55:590-95

Predictors of Mortality in Older Individuals

Walter LC, Brand RJ, Counsell SR, Palmer RM, Landefled CS, Fortinsky RH, Covinsky KE. Developement and validation of a prognostic index for 1-year Mortality in older adults after hospitalization. JAMA. 2001;285(23):2987-94.

Mitchell SL, Kiely DK, Hamel MB, Park PS, Morris JN, Fries BE. Estimating prognosis for nursing home residents with advanced dementia. JAMA. 2004;291(22):2734-2740.

Hardy SE, Studenski SA.  Fatigue predicts mortality in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc.  2008;56:1910-1914.

Sleep

Bloom HG, Ahmed I, Alessi CA, Ancoli-Israel S, Buysse DJ, et al. Evidence based recommendations for the assessment and management of sleep disorders in older persons.  J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009;57:761-89.

Surgical Issues for Older Adults

*Marcantonio ER, Goldman L, Mangione CM et al. A Clinical Prediction Rule for Dellirium After Elective Noncardiac Surgery. JAMA 1994;271:134-139.

Hamel MB, Henderson WG, Khuri SF, Daley J. Surgical Outcomes for Patients Aged 80 and Older: Morbidity and Mortality from Major Noncardiac Surgery. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005;53:424-429.

Leung JM, Sands LP, Mullen A, Wan Y, Vaurio L. Are Preoperative Depressive Symptoms Associated with Postoperative Delirium in Geriatric Surgical Patients. J Geron: Med Sci 2005;60A (12):1563-1568.

*Marcantonio ER, Juarez G, Goldman L, et al. The Relationship of Postoperative Delirium with Psychoactive Medications. JAMA 1994;272:1518-1522.

Marcantonio ER, Goldman L, Orav J, Cook EF, Lee TH. The Association of Intraoperative Factors with the Development of Postoperative Delirium. Am J Med 1998;105:380-384.

Palmer RM.  Perioperative care of the elderly patient.  Cleveland Clin J Med. 2006;73(suppl 1):S106

Robinson TN, Raeburn CD, Tran ZV, Angles EM, Brenner LA, Moss M.  Postop delirium in the elderly: Risk factors and outcomes.  Ann Surg. 2009;259:173-8.

Bagri AS, Rico A, Ruiz JG.  Evaluation and management of the elderly patient at risk for post-operative delirium.  Clin Geriatr Med.  2008;24:667-686.

Urinary Incontinence

Norton P, Brubaker L. Urinary incontinence in women. The Lancet. 2006;367:57-67.

Dmochowski RR. Urinary incontinence: Proper assessment and available treatment options. J Women's Health. 2005;14(10):906-916.

Chue FM, Dmochowski RR. Pathophysiology of overactive bladder. Am J Med. 2006;119 (3A):3S-8S.

Erdem N, Chu FM. Manangement of overactive bladder and urge urinary incontinence in the elderly patient. Am J of Med. 2006;119(3A)29S-36S.

Dowling-Castronovo A, Specht JK. Assessment of transient urinary incontinence in older adults.  Am J Nurs. 2009;109:62-71

Gibbs CF, Johnson TM, Ouslander JG.  Office management of geriatric urinary incontinence. Am J Med. 2007;120:211-220.

 

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