Delir beim alten Menschen - Walter Hewer, Christine Thomas, Lutz Michael Drach

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Delirium is one of the most important geriatric syndromes, and its potentially unfavourable prognosis is increasingly being recognized. At least 10-20% of older people who are treated in hospitals are affected by it, but dementia and delirium are also frequently encountered in residential care facilities as well. Delirium is discussed in this book in relation to its range of symptoms, classification, and also etiology and pathogenesis. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are discussed on the basis of current evidence-based knowledge. Individual chapters are concerned with delirium in diseases of dependency, as well as the current state of knowledge on how to prevent delirium. Numerous case reports, tables and illustrations - along with a discussion of current health-policy issues that go beyond delirium and are relevant for geriatrics as a whole - give the book a close link to practical work for everyone involved in geriatrics and gerontopsychiatry.

Autorentext

The authors have been concerned with this interdisciplinary topic for many years in their work in hospitals, research and teaching. Adjunct Prof. Christine Thomas and Prof. Walter Hewer are directors of departments of gerontopsychiatry in large hospitals. Until his death in 2015, Dr. Lutz Michael Drach was the Chief Physician in the Department of Geriatric Medicine in Schwerin.

Klappentext

Das Delir gehört zu den wichtigsten Alterserkrankungen. Etwa 10-20 % der in Kliniken behandelten alten Menschen sind von einem Delir betroffen. Aufgrund seiner ungünstigen Prognose kommt der Prävention des Delirs eine wachsende Bedeutung zu. Das praxisorientierte Buch behandelt das diagnostische und therapeutische Vorgehen auf der Basis des jüngsten Evidenzwissens sowie die aktuellen Möglichkeiten und Richtlinien zur Prävention. Es umfasst Kapitel zur Geschichte des Delirs, zur Epidemiologie, zum Symptomspektrum sowie zu Ätiologie und Pathogenese. Fallbeschreibungen runden das Werk ab.

Titel

Delir beim alten Menschen

Untertitel

Grundlagen - Diagnostik - Therapie - Prävention

Autor

Walter Hewer

Christine Thomas

Lutz Michael Drach

EAN

9783170238558

ISBN

978-3-17-023855-8