Title | Recent Advances in Geriatrics [electronic resource] / edited by Mario Barbagallo, Giuseppe Licata, James R. Sowers |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1998 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1483-5 |
Descript | IX, 282 p. online resource |
1. Recent Advances in Gerontology and Geriatrics in Italy -- 2. Body Composition in the Elderly -- 3. Neuroendocrine System and Aging Processes -- 4. The Ionic Hypothesis of Aging: Role of Intracellular Ions in the Development of Hypertension and Insulin Resistance -- 5. Recent Aspects of Renal Pathophysiology in the Elderly -- 6. Aging and Endothelial Function -- 7. Vascular Changes and Aging -- 8. Oxidative Stress and Advancing Age: Impact on Blood Pressure -- 9. Hypertension in the Elderly: Hormonal and Therapeutic Aspects -- 10. Metabolic and Cardiovascular Manifestations of Hypertension in the Elderly -- 11. Effects of Diabetes and Hypertension on the Aging Kidney -- 12. Clinical Features of Hypertension in the Elderly -- 13. The Aging Heart -- 14. Early Markers of Cardiovascular Damage -- 15. Congestive Heart Failure in the Elderly -- 16. The Role of the Autonomic Nervous System in Congestive Heart Failure -- 17. Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure in the Elderly -- 18. Apolipoprotein E Genotype in Vascular Dementia -- 19. Risk Factors for Delirium in the Elderly -- 20. Definition of Outcomes in a Dementia Evaluation and Rehabilitation Unit -- 21. Therapy of Alzheimerโs Dementia: Past, Present, and Future -- 22. Genetic Polymorphisms and Arterial Thrombosis -- 23. From Thrombosis to Acute Inflammatory Reaction: New Aspects of Unstable Angina -- 24. When and How to Treat Hypercholesterolemia in the Elderly? -- 25. Angiogenesis in Multiple Myeloma -- 26. Calcium Metabolism in the Elderly -- 27. The Epidemiology of Osteoporosis -- 28. Diagnosis of Osteoporosis -- 29. New Trends in the Treatment of Osteoporosis -- 30. Update on Italian Centenarians: Italian Multicentric Study on Centenarians -- 31. Centenarians in Western Sicily: Data and Characteristics -- Contributors -- Author Index