Geriatrician's toolkit Wiki



Welcome to the Geriatrician's toolkit Wiki
An open-source textbook for any health professionals interested in geriatric medicine

Contribute!
Do you have something you would like to write about? If you have some knowledge and want to spread it, then please do. Don't worry if you are not an expert in the area, it's important for someone to write the first draft, then others can strengthen it later. Read this first!

What can I edit?

Everything! Just remember that changes are tracked.

Ideas page
Have a look at some of the ideas that people have suggested for the wiki, or add your own!

Table of contents
(here we can list pages as we add them)

Suggestions for starters: (very open to change)


 * Section 1: Presenting complaints - how to assess initial PCs in older people
 * Mobility problems ("Off legs")
 * General decline
 * Confusion
 * Falls
 * Incontinence
 * Collapse
 * Fatigue
 * Tremor


 * Section 2: Examination - how to tailor your examination
 * Integrated examination


 * Section 3: Conditions & syndromes - disease specific entries
 * Dementia
 * Delirium
 * Syncope
 * Stroke
 * Osteoporosis
 * Frailty
 * Parkinson's disease
 * Epilepsy


 * Section 4: Special considerations
 * Perioperative management
 * Capacity assessment
 * Elder abuse


 * Section 5: Skills - advice on how to pick up the required skills to assess older people


 * Section 6: Subspecialisation
 * Interface/community geriatrics
 * Orthogeriatrics
 * Surgical liaison


 * Other important pages:
 * Please read before adding to the wiki!
 * Disclaimer
 * Philosophy of the toolkit

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