Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities
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Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities

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eBook - ePub

Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities

About this book

Offering an authoritative overview of all infection management protocols currently utilized by infectious disease specialists, geriatricians, and infection control practitioners, this Second Edition examines current strategies to diagnose, treat, control, and prevent common infectious diseases in long-term care geriatric facilities. Covering a wide

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Yes, you can access Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities by Thomas T. Yoshikawa,Joseph G. Ouslander in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Clinical Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2006
eBook ISBN
9781000654332
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Clinical Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Preface
  6. Preface
  7. Table of Contents
  8. About the Contributors
  9. PART I: PRINCIPLES OF AGING, LONG-TERM CARE, AND INFECTION
  10. 1. Demographics and Economics of Long-Term Care
  11. 2. Epidemiology and Special Aspects of Infectious
  12. 3. Evaluation of Infections in Long-Term Care
  13. 4. Role of Functional Assessment in Evaluating and Managing Infections in Long-Term Care
  14. 5. Impaired Immunity and Increased Risk of Infections in Older Adults: Impact of Chronic Disease on Immunosenescence
  15. 6. Nutrition and Infection
  16. 7. Ethical Issues of Infectious
  17. PART II: PRINCIPLES OF MANAGING INFECTIONS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
  18. 8. Clinical Manifestations of Infections
  19. 9. Establishing an Infection Control Program
  20. 10. Epidemiologic Investigation of Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities
  21. 11. An Approach to Antimicrobial Therapy
  22. PART III: COMMON INFECTIONS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
  23. 12. Urinary Tract Infection
  24. 13. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
  25. 14. Pneumonia and Bronchitis
  26. 15. Tuberculosis
  27. 16. Infected Pressure Ulcers
  28. 17. Herpes Zoster, Cellulitis, and Scabies
  29. 18. Infectious Diarrhea
  30. 19. Hepatitis in Long-Term Care Facilities
  31. 20. Conjunctivitis, Otitis, and Sinusitis
  32. 21. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in the Nursing Home
  33. 22. Vaccinations
  34. PART IV: EMERGING AND DRUG-RESISTANT PATHOGENS
  35. 23. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  36. 24. Vancomycin (Glycopeptide)-Resistant Enterococci in the Long-Term Care Setting
  37. 25. Gram-Negative Bacteria
  38. 26. Fungal Infections
  39. 27. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
  40. PART V: IMPORTANT SOURCE REFERENCES
  41. Index