- 62 Frailty
- 63 Falls
- 64 Depression
- 65 Anxiety
- 66 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
- 67 Dementia
- 68 Seizure
- 69 Stroke
- 70 Parkinson’s Disease
- 71 Essential Tremor
- 72 Malignant Spinal Cord Compression
- 73 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- 74 Aspiration Pneumonia
- 75 Colonic Diverticulitis
- 76 Mesenteric Ischemia
- 77 End-Stage Liver Disease
- 78 Feeding Tube Management
- 79 End-Stage Renal Disease
- 80 Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection (RUTI)
- 81 Diabetic Management in Advanced Illness
- 82 End-Stage Heart Failure
- 83 Arrhythmias
- 84 Valvular Heart Disease
- 85 Peripheral Arterial Disease
- 86 Hip Fracture Management
- 87 Osteoarthritis
- 88 Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- 89 Osteoporotic Fracture
- 90 Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- 91 Rheumatoid Arthritis in Older Adults
- 92 Osteomyelitis in Older Adults
- 93 Herpes Zoster in Older Adults
- 94 HIV/AIDS
- 95 Skin Cancer
- 96 Colorectal Cancer
- 97 Head and Neck Cancer
- 98 Breast Cancer
- 99 Prostate Cancer
- 100 Lung Cancer
- 101 Leukemia
- 102 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
- 103 Intracranial Malignancies
(p. 493) HIV/AIDS
- Chapter:
- (p. 493) HIV/AIDS
- Author(s):
Emily Chai
, Diane Meier
, Jane Morris
, and Suzanne Goldhirsch
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780195389319.003.0094
Chapter 94 covers HIV/AIDS, including a case study, definition, prevalence, likely etiologies, risk factors, older adults and HIV, diagnosis, expected disease course, prognosis, palliative care issues, treatment options, managing symptoms, resources and take-home points.
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- 62 Frailty
- 63 Falls
- 64 Depression
- 65 Anxiety
- 66 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
- 67 Dementia
- 68 Seizure
- 69 Stroke
- 70 Parkinson’s Disease
- 71 Essential Tremor
- 72 Malignant Spinal Cord Compression
- 73 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- 74 Aspiration Pneumonia
- 75 Colonic Diverticulitis
- 76 Mesenteric Ischemia
- 77 End-Stage Liver Disease
- 78 Feeding Tube Management
- 79 End-Stage Renal Disease
- 80 Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection (RUTI)
- 81 Diabetic Management in Advanced Illness
- 82 End-Stage Heart Failure
- 83 Arrhythmias
- 84 Valvular Heart Disease
- 85 Peripheral Arterial Disease
- 86 Hip Fracture Management
- 87 Osteoarthritis
- 88 Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- 89 Osteoporotic Fracture
- 90 Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- 91 Rheumatoid Arthritis in Older Adults
- 92 Osteomyelitis in Older Adults
- 93 Herpes Zoster in Older Adults
- 94 HIV/AIDS
- 95 Skin Cancer
- 96 Colorectal Cancer
- 97 Head and Neck Cancer
- 98 Breast Cancer
- 99 Prostate Cancer
- 100 Lung Cancer
- 101 Leukemia
- 102 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
- 103 Intracranial Malignancies