Recent Advances in Geriatrics

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Recent Advances in Gerontology and Geriatrics in Italy....Pages 1-8
Body Composition in the Elderly....Pages 9-14
Neuroendocrine System and Aging Processes....Pages 15-23
The Ionic Hypothesis of Aging....Pages 25-36
Recent Aspects of Renal Pathophysiology in the Elderly....Pages 37-44
Aging and Endothelial Function....Pages 45-54
Vascular Changes and Aging....Pages 55-62
Oxidative Stress and Advancing Age....Pages 63-68
Hypertension in the Elderly....Pages 69-74
Metabolic and Cardiovascular Manifestations of Hypertension in the Elderly....Pages 75-82
Effects of Diabetes and Hypertension on the Aging Kidney....Pages 83-89
Clinical Features of Hypertension in the Elderly....Pages 91-96
The Aging Heart....Pages 97-102
Early Markers of Cardiovascular Damage....Pages 103-122
Congestive Heart Failure in the Elderly....Pages 123-136
The Role of the Autonomic Nervous System in Congestive Heart Failure....Pages 137-144
Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure in the Elderly....Pages 145-152
Apolipoprotein E Genotype in Vascular Dementia....Pages 153-157
Risk Factors for Delirium in the Elderly....Pages 159-166
Definition of Outcomes in A Dementia Evaluation and Rehabilitation Unit....Pages 167-178
Therapy of Alzheimer’s Dementia....Pages 179-196
Genetic Polymorphisms and Arterial Thrombosis....Pages 197-206
From Thrombosis to Acute Inflammatory Reaction....Pages 207-217
When and How to Treat Hypercholesterolemia in the Elderly?....Pages 219-225
Angiogenesis in Multiple Myeloma....Pages 227-238
Calcium Metabolism in the Elderly....Pages 239-250
The Epidemiology of Osteoporosis....Pages 251-255
Diagnosis of Osteoporosis....Pages 257-261
New Trends in the Treatment of Osteoporosis....Pages 263-271
Update on Italian Centenarians....Pages 273-278
Centenarians in Western Sicily....Pages 279-284
Back Matter....Pages 285-292