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Clinical Neurology of the Older Adult
Edited by Joseph I. Sirven and Barbara L. Malamut
2nd ed, 652 pp, $89.95
Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-6947-1
JAMA. 2009;301(16):1718-1719.
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The aging process in essentially healthy, disease-free persons is associated with decrements in many aspects of motor and sensory function. It is important to comprehend these changes and understand their impact of function in order to accurately diagnose, treat, and care for the older adult with neurologic disease.—Joseph I. Sirven and Elliott L. Mancall, summary of "Neurologic Examination of the Older Adult" chapter in Clinical Neurology of the Older Adult
It will be no surprise that the population of industrialized countries is aging rapidly. In the United States alone, 40 million individuals currently are older than 65 years, and this number is expected to substantially increase over the next decades. The prevalence and incidence of most major diseases, including neurologic diseases such as cerebrovascular diseases, Parkinson disease, and dementia, increase sharply with age.
On the other hand, normal body functions undergo changes that need to be considered when dealing . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Tobias Kurth, MD, ScD, Reviewer
INSERM Unit 708—Neuroepidemiology
Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière
Paris, France
tobias.kurth@upmc.fr
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