Officially launched on June 20, 2020, the AGEING AND LONGEVITY MEDICAL WEBINARS HANDBOOK is a quick reference e-companion to the year-long webinar series on common geriatric conditions held in 2019 through the UP Manila Livestream and Facebook Live @AgeingWebinars.
In 23 concise and jampacked chapters are contained practical pearls on screening, diagnosis and treatment from prominent medical experts. The ebook can be used as a review for medical and allied medical students and healthcare professionals in primary care. The questions and answers from the interactive sessions are also provided, and quiz items give a quick feedback on how well the reader comprehends the subject matter.
Three sections of the ebook cover the care of the geriatric patient from head to toe. Section 1 on head and neck topics deals with dementia, depression, perioperative stroke, dry eye disease, hearing loss, head and neck cancer, and ageing skin. Section 2 on cardiopulmonary, renal and endocrine systems discusses hypertension, asthma and COPD, pneumonia, lung cancer, ageing kidneys, type 2 diabetes, diabetic nephropathy and osteoporosis. Section 3 consists of miscellaneous topics such as anemia, arthritis, menopause, intimate feminine care, vaccination, wellness in the workplace, and spirituality in aging.
The ebook may be downloaded here for FREE. It is best viewed with a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader, and click on bookmarks to navigate easily through the chapters. This ebook is a labor of love by the authors, editors and editorial staff and is shared for free to the medical community in celebration of 85 luminous years of the Mu Sigma Phi Medical Sorority of the University of the Philippines Manila-College of Medicine.
