BookYuri Nakasato, Raymond L. Yung, editors.
Contents:
Part 1. Aging and Comorbidity in Rheumatology
The Immune System in Aging / Anjali Desai and Raymond L. Yung
Bone Aging / Arthur N. Lau and Jonathan D. Adachi
Atherosclerosis in the Rheumatic Diseases: Compounding the Age Risk / Naoto Yokogawa and Joan M. Von Feldt
Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Rheumatic Diseases in the Elderly / Jamal A. Mikdashi
Tuberculosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Elderly / Eduardo M. Acevedo-Vásquez, Darío Ponce de León and Rocío V. Gamboa-Cárdenas
Widespread Pain in Older Adults / Cheryl D. Bernstein, Jordan F. Karp and Debra K. Weiner
Part 2. Multidisciplinary Approach to Geriatric Rheumatology
Pharmacotherapy Considerations Unique to the Older Patient / Keith A. Swanson and Mark A. Stratton
Rheumatic Disease in the Nursing Home Patient / Joanne Sandberg-Cook
Post-acute Care for Rheumatologists / Deborah W. Robin
The Gerontorheumatology Outpatient Service: Toward an International Classification of Function-Based Health Care Provision for the Elderly with Musculoskeletal Conditions / Wim Van Lankveld, Josien Goossens and Marcel Franssen
Health Policy, Public Health, and Arthritis Among Older Adults / Kristina A. Theis, Debra R. Lubar and Teresa J. Brady
Physical Therapy Management of Select Rheumatic Conditions in Older Adults / Maura Daly Iversen and Madhuri K. Kale
Arthrocentesis in the Elderly / Ahmed S. Zayat and Richard J. Wakefield
Physical Activity in Older Adults with Arthritis / Dorothy D. Dunlop, Pamela A. Semanik and Rowland W. Chang
Part 3. Rheumatic Diseases in the Elderly
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Elderly Populations / Ana M. Bertoli, Guillermo J. Pons-Estel, Paula I. Burgos and Graciela S. Alarcón
Elderly Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis / Venkata Sri Cherukumilli and Arthur Kavanaugh
Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Use in Older Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients / Sogol S. Amjadi, Veena K. Ranganath and Daniel E. Furst
Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Aging of Osteoarthritis / Crisostomo Bialog and Anthony M. Reginato
Osteoarthritis in the Elderly Population / Roy D. Altman
Medium- and Small-Vessel Vasculitis / Rafael G. Grau
Management of Geriatric Gout / Lan X. Chen
Calcium-Containing Crystal-Associated Arthropathies in the Elderly Population / Elisabeth B. Matson and Anthony M. Reginato
Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis in the Elderly / Wolfgang A. Schmidt
Antiphospholipid Syndrome in the Older Population / Silvia S. Pierangeli, Alan M. Seif and Emilio B. González
Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Elderly / Lora Giangregorio and Alexandra Papaioannou
Infectious Arthritis in the Elderly / Nicole Melendez and Luis R. Espinoza
Sarcopenia and Myopathies in the Elderly / Kenneth S. O'Rourke
Scleroderma in the Elderly Population / Rebecca L. Manno and Fredrick M. Wigley
Sjögren's Syndrome in the Elderly / Raymond L. Yung and Sheeja Francis.