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INTRODUCTION

RECENT ALERTS

FORMULAS AND REFERENCE INFORMATION

ASSESSMENT AND APPROACH

APPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING, DRUG INTERACTIONS, AND ADVERSE EVENTS

ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO ABUSE

ANTICOAGULATION

ANXIETY

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

DELIRIUM

DEMENTIA

DEPRESSION

DERMATOLOGIC CONDITIONS

ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

FALLS

GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES

HEARING IMPAIRMENT

HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS

INCONTINENCE—URINARY AND FECAL

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

KIDNEY DISORDERS

MALNUTRITION

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS

OSTEOPOROSIS

PAIN

PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE

PREOPERATIVE AND PERIOPERATIVE CARE

PREVENTION

PROSTATE DISORDERS

PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS

RESPIRATORY DISEASES

SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION

SKIN ULCERS

SLEEP DISORDERS

VISUAL IMPAIRMENT

WOMEN'S HEALTH

APPENDIXES

ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS

MINI-COG ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT FOR DEMENTIA

PHYSICAL SELF-MAINTENANCE SCALE (ADLS)

INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE (IADLS)

PHQ–9 QUICK DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT

GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE (GDS, SHORT FORM)

BRIEF HEARING LOSS SCREENER

PERFORMANCE-ORIENTED MOBILITY ASSESSMENT (POMA)

ABNORMAL INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT SCALE (AIMS)

PAIN SCALES FOR ASSESSING PAIN INTENSITY

BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY (SHORT FORM)

KARNOFSKY SCALE

PALLIATIVE PERFORMANCE SCALE (PPS)

REISBERG FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT STAGING (FAST) SCALE

AUA SYMPTOM INDEX FOR BPH

MEDICATION APPROPRIATENESS ASSESSMENT

CMS GUIDANCE ON UNNECESSARY DRUGS IN THE NURSING HOME

MEDICARE PART D PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN

IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND WEB SITES

LIST OF AUTHORS

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