Annual subject/author index Index to Geriatrics Volume 56, January through December 2001 F SUBJECT INDEX O Falis Ophthalmology A in-office prevention and evaluation managing vision changes (Dec) 27 Anomalies (Mar) 414 subclavian artery steal syndrome Osteoarthritis (Sept) 49 H managing pain and improving Anxiety disorders Herpetic neuralgia function (Oct) 14 recognition and treatment (May) 24 combination therapy for pain relief Osteoporosis (Dec) 18 once-weekly bisphosphonate (Mar) 28 C Hormone replacement Pp Cardiovascular disease guide to treatment for the older woman use of ARBs for hypertension (Feb) 20 (Sept) 32 Pain management blood pressure dysregulation syndrome nocturnal leg cramps (June) 34 (Mar) 50 Hypercholesterolemia osteoarthritis pain (Oct) 14 peripheral arterial disease (Apr) 20 lipid lowering (Sept) 22 low back pain work-up (Nov) 26 the aging heart (June) 45 Hypertension low back pain treatment (Nov) 38 lipid lowering (Sept) 22 use of ARBs (Feb) 20 herpetic neuralgia (Dec) 18 subclavian artery steal syndrome Parkinson's disease (Sept) 49 Incontinence diagnosis and management (Aug) 24 D screening and treatment (Oct) 25 Podiatry Dermatology infectious disease in-office assessment of the foot (Nov) 48 skin and soft tissue infections (Oct) 33 influenza prevention and therapy (Jan) 43 Prevention Derm DDx treatment of pneumonia, influenza, prostate cancer screening (Jan) 22 neurofibroma (Feb) 19 and UTIs (Sept) 43 preventing falls and injuries (Mar) 41 minocycline reaction (Mar) 27 skin and soft tissue infections (Oct) 33 when to screen for disease (Apr) 41 xanthelasma (Apr) 19 Influenza prevention of cardiac disease (June) 45 sarcoidosis (May) 21 use of vaccine and antiviral therapy assessing physical and cognitive function rhus dermatitis (June) 18 (Jan) 43 in the older woman (July) 23 ylue nevus (July) 20 treatment of pneumonia, influenza, HRT and urogynecologic health (Sept) 32 pyogenic granuloma (Aug) 23 and UTis (Sept) 43 porphyria cutanea tarda (Sept) 21 Primary care chondrodermatitis nodularis helix (Nov) 21 successful aging (Jan) 35 leukoplakia (Dec) 16 Medicare prescribing (Feb) 30 Diabetes can benefits be sustained? (May) 50 falls and function (Mar) 41 oreventive medicine (Apr) 41 new insights change practice (June) 20 Medicare Matters nursing home practice (May) 37 Drug therapy billing for office visit and ECG (Jan) 60 Medicare (May) 50 influenza vaccine and antiviral therapy calculating deductible, copay (Feb) 64 the aging heart (June) 45 (Jan) 43 PA provider number (Mar) 72 preoperative assessment (July) 36 ARBs for hypertension (Feb) 20 accountability for accurate claims (Apr) 68 functional assessment (Aug) 36 prescribing to older patients (Feb) 30 don't bill for filling out forms (May) 63 infectious disease (Sept) 43 prostate cancer treatment (Feb) 39 colonoscopy screening (June) 66 incontinence (Oct) 25 once-weekly bisphosphonate (Mar) 28 ID number change (July) 66 podiatry (Nov) 48 management of PAD (Apr) 20 file claim for reimbursement (Aug) 50 ophthalmology (Dec) 27 treatment of prostatitis (Apr) 32 misplaced claims can be filed (Sept) 64 Prostate health treatment of anxiety disorders (May) 24 established patient rules (Oct) 48 prostate cancer screening (Jan) 22 managing illnesses in the nursing home codes listed on charge tickets (Nov) 62 prostate cancer treatment (Feb) 39 (May) 37 billing no-shows (Dec) 52 benign prostatic hyperplasia (Mar) 33 new drugs for type 2 diabetes (June) 20 Men's health prostatitis (Apr) 32 management of cardiac disease (June) 45 prostate cancer screening (Jan) 22 Parkinson's disease management (Aug) 24 prostate cancer treatment (Feb) 39 Psychiatric Consultant lipid lowering (Sept) 22 benign prostatic hyperplasia (Mar) 33 serotonin syndrome (Jan) 52 hormone replacement (Sept) 32 prostatitis (Apr) 32 impulsivity and aggression in treatment of pneumonia, influenza, vascular dementia (Feb) 53 and UTIs (Sept) 43 N neurosyphilis (Mar) 61 osteoarthritis pain management (Oct) 14 Neurology neuropsychological testing (Apr) 58 treatment of incontinence (Oct) 25 Parkinson's disease (Aug) 24 smoking cessation (May) 58 management of skin and soft tissue Mini-Mental State Examination (June) 55 infections (Oct) 33 New Frontiers late-life suicide (July) 47 low back pain treatment (Nov) 38 creativity with aging (Apr) 51 alternative medicine (Aug) 44 herpetic neuralgia treatment (Dec) 18 Nursing home cholinesterase inhibitors (Sept) 56 managing acute and chronic illnesses pseudodementia (Oct) 42 E (May) 37 psychotic symptoms of Parkinson's Endocrinology management of skin and soft tissue disease (Nov) 56 bisphosphonate for osteoporosis (Mar) 28 infections (Oct) 33 posttraumatic stress disorder (Dec) 35 type 2 diabetes (June) 20 continued www.geri.com December 2001 Volume 56, Number 12 Geriatrics 45 Psychiatry Chopra, Pradeep K anxiety disorders (May) 24 see Cohen, Robert |. Kanaan, Nabil Chow, R. Dobbin Nocturnal leg cramps: Clinically mysterious S Benign prostatic hyperplasia: Patient and painful—but manageable (June) 34 Screening prostate cancer screening (Jan) 22 evaluation and relief of obstructive Kerstein, Morris D. when to screen for disease (Apr) 41 symptoms (Mar) 33 see Weiner, Shepard D. Prostatitis: Work-up and treatment functional assessment (Aug) 36 of men with telltale symptoms Koller, William C. Surgery (Apr) 32 see Marjama-Lyons, Jill M. preoperative assessment (July) 36 Ciark, Elizabeth L U Preoperative assessment: Primary care Lang, Ariel J. Urology work-up to identify surgical risks (July) 36 Anxiety disorders: How to recognize and treat prostate cancer screening (Jan) 22 Cohen, Gene D. the medical symptoms of emotional illness prostate cancer treatment (Feb) 39 Creativity with aging: Four phases of (May) 24 benign prostatic hyperplasia (Mar) 33 potential in the second half of life (Apr) 5 Lantz, Melinda S. prostatitis (Apr) 32 (The Psychiatric Consultant) urogynecologic heaith (Sept) 32 Cohen, Robert I. Serotonin syndrome: A common but often incontinence screening and treatment Low back pain, part 1: Primary care work-up unrecognized psychiatric condition of acute and chronic symptoms (Nov) 26 (Oct) 25 (Jan) 52 Low back pain, part 2: Guide to conservative, see Buchalter, Eric N. (Feb) WwW medical, and procedural therapies (Nov) 38 see Peterson, Ann Women’s health Cohen, Stephen P. Smoking cessation: The key to treating older assessing physical and cognitive Prostate cancer treatment: Therapeutic smokers? Don't quit helping (May) 58 function (July) 23 options based on tumor grade, life see Likourezos, Antonios guide to HRT and urogynecologic health expectancy, and patient preferences Suicide in late life: Identifying and managing (Sept) 32 (Feb) 39 at-risk older patients (July) 47 Conn, David K. see Rhodes-Kropf, Jennifer Pseudodementia: Cognitive decline caused Cholinesterase inhibitors: Comparing the AUTHOR INDEX by untreated depression may be reversed options for mild-to-moderate dementia with treatment (Oct) 42 a (Sept) 56 Posttraumatic stress: Helping older adults Ackermann, Richard J. Nursing home practice: Strategies to Curb, J. David cope with tragedy (Dec) 35 manage most acute and chronic illnesses see Alagiakrishnan, Kannayiram Leipzig, Rosanne M. without hospitalization (May) 37 Prescribing: Keys to maximizing benefit while D avoiding adverse drug effects (Feb) 30 Alagiakrishnan, Kannayiram Drexler, Andrew J. Blood pressure dysregulation syndrome: The Type 2 diabetes: How new insights, new Levine, Norman (Derm DDx) case for control throughout the circadian drugs are changing clinical practice neurofibroma (Feb) 19 cycie (Mar) 50 (June) 20 minocycline reaction (Mar) 27 xanthelasma (Apr) 19 Aronow, Wilbert S. E sarcoidosis (May) 21 Cholesterol 2001: Rationale for lipid Edelberg, Helen K. rhus dermatitis (June) 18 towering in older patients with or without Falls and function: How to prevent falls and blue nevus (July) 20 CAD (Sept) 22 injuries in patients with impaired mobility pyogenic granuloma (Aug) 23 Asche-Crowe, Pearl (Mar) 41 porphyria cutanea tarda (Sept) 21 see Eugene, Jean-Renoir Edwards, Joseph chondrodermatitis nodularis helix (Nov) 21 see Eugene, Jean-Renoir leukoplakia (Dec) 16 B Bajwa, Zahid H. Eugene, Jean-Renoir Likourezos, Antonios Herpetic neuralgia: Use of combination CABG complication: Subciavian artery steal MMSE: Interpreting mental status therapy for pain relief in acute and chronic syndrome increases risk of ischemia, examination scores in cases of mild herpes zoster (Dec) 18 death (Sept) 49 dementia (June) 55 Baran, Daniel G M Osteoporosis: Efficacy and safety of a Gambert, Steven R. Marjama-Lyons, Jill M. bisphosphonate dosed once weekly (Mar) 28 Prostate cancer: When to offer screening in Parkinson's disease: Update in diagnosis Barnes, Thomas the primary care setting (Jan) 22 and symptom management (Aug) 24 see Eugene, Jean-Renoir Giambanco, Vincent Markinson, Bryan C. Blanchette, Patricia Lanoie see Lantz, Melinda S. (May) Podiatry: Three-step approach to in-office see Alagiakrishnan, Kannayiram assessment of the geriatric foot (Nov) 48 PBrieoveonmti,v e Hmaerdirciisnoe:n WGh.e n to screen for HHsee er r,M cCKaerebelrag , A.Bi ll H. sMeaes aAkliag,i akKriasmhanaln , Kannayiram disease in older patients (Apr) 41 MicCarberg, Bill H. TBruecahtamelntte ro,f iEmrpuilcs ivNi.t y and aggression in a Hseoe, BCajhwaar,l eZash idC .H . Ostiemoparrtohvrei tipsa:t ieHnto w futnoc tmioann a(gOec t) pa1i4n and patient with vascular dementia (Feb) 53 J McLaughlin, Mary Ann see Lantz, Melinda S. (Oct, Dec) Jacobson, Edwin J. The aging heart: State-of-the-art prevention Hypertension: Update on the use of and management of cardiac disease Cc angiotensin Il receptor blockers (June) 45 CSuacscseesls,f ulC hargiinsgt:i nHeo w K.i ncreased life (Feb) 20 Messinger-Rapport, Barbara J. expectancy and medical advances are Jaskulsky, Steven R. Prevention for the older woman, part 1: changing geriatric care (Jan) 35 see Cohen, Stephen P A practical guide to assessing physical and cognitive function (July) 23 continued 48 Geriatrics December 2001 Volume 56, Number 12 Prevention for the older woman, part 2: New benefit: Cancer screening with A practical guide to hormone repiacement colonoscopy (June) 66 therapy and urogynecologic health Change ID number, but don’t change patient ANTI-AGING (Sept) 32 status (July) 66 Miglietta, Maurizio Patients are reimbursed only if you file the see Eugene, Jean-Renoir claim (Aug) 50 An unfiled claim need not be a lost claim # a ean PMaornkiinasson,' s Adninseaa se: Management of Est(aSbelpit)s he6d4 patient rule is easy; don't ing and | psychotic symptoms associated with the complicate it (Oct) 48 as Foe | disease and its treatments (Nov) 56 List a complete set of codes on charge AMERICAN FFRREEEE newsletter j Mossad, Sherif B. tickets (Nov) 62 MEDICINE i] 773-528-4333 see Sandhu, Satinderpal K. You can bill no-shows, but don’t expect them to pay (Dec) 52 N Sherman, Fredrick T. Nwiloh, Jonathon O. Why | chose to be ‘Dr. Beyond’ | SEARCH FIRMS see Eugene, Jean-Renoir (editorial) (Jan) 11 O How to predict your patient's future GERIATRIC BC PHYSICIANS O’Donnell, Judith A. (editorial) (Feb) 3 Skin and soft tissues: Management of four A fall lands close to home (editorial) || For hundreds of opportunities common infections in nursing homes (Mar) 11 across the country (Oct) 33 ODru.r Sphreervmeannti'osn 3d0i-lmeimnmuat e (ed‘ipthoorniea-li)n (Ahporu)r ’ 3 Siue Nioon Hecruitina Companv faa (May) 3 Call 1-888-777-8179 Peterson, Ann Multiple ‘chief’ complaints (editorial) June) 3 Fax CV to 1-360-779-1122 Is it Alzheimer’s? Neuropsychological testing New guidelines on high cholesterol (editorial) helps to clarify diagnostic puzzle (Apr) 58 (July) 3 Avoiding hospitalizations for cellulitis | | Put the Power of Polsky, Isabel (editorial) (Aug) 3 Neurosyphilis: Screening does sometimes |D IRECT MARKETING | Functional assessment: Easy-to-use reveal an infectious cause of dementia screening tools speed initial office work-up to Workfo r You! | (Mar) 61 (Aug) 36 | For counts and pricing contact: | R The ‘elephant-in-the-room syndrome’ Reis, Ernane D. (editorial) (Sept) 3 | >Dorie Sommers see Weiner, Shepard Who cares for the caregivers? (editorial) (Oct) 3 541-984-5295, ARlhteordnaetsiv-eK rmoepdifc,in e:J enAcnhiifeevirn g balance Coa(cedhiitnorgi aly)o ur(N opva)t i3en ts to pump iron 800-822-6678, ext. 295 between herbal remedies and medical Old biological threats (editorial) (Dec) 11 therapy (Aug) 44 Stein, Murray B. Robertson, Carolyn see Lang, Ariel J. see Drexler, Andrew J. T Geriatrics’ Rosenthal, Bruce P. Ophthalmology: Screening and treatment of Tagoe, Albert age-related and pathologic vision changes see Eugene, Jean-Renoir | Geriatrics (Dec) 27 Thacker, Holly L. see Messinger-Rapport, Barbara J. S Samuels, Steven C. U see Polsky, Isabel Upshur, Carole Ridons see Monias, Anna see Cohen, Robert |. JiM S. WARD, Sandhu, Satinderpal K. V Influenza in the older adult: Indications for ADVANSTAR MARKETING SERVICES Vapnek, Jonathan M. the use of vaccine and antiviral therapy Incontinence: Screening and treatment of 1-800-225-4569 EXT. 3155, (Jan) 43 urinary dysfunction (Oct) 25 440-891-3155 Sawaya, Raja Viadeck, Bruce C. | see Kanaan, Nabil Medicare: Can its benefits be sustained FAX: 440-826-2865 | Schatz, Irwin as cost of coverage grows? (May) 50 | | |E mail: [email protected] || see Alagiakrishnan, Kannayiram WwW Schwartz, Kenneth Wallach, Frances R. see Eugene, Jean-Renoir Infectious disease: Update on treatment of For all ads under $250, payment Self, Don (Medicare Matters) pneumonia, influenza, and urinary tract must be received by the classified Use -25 modifier to bill for same-day office infections (Sept) 43 closing date. visit and ECG (Jan) 60 Weiner, Shepard D. Here’s how to calculate patient's deductible, Peripheral arterial disease: Medical We accept Visa, Mastercard & copay (Feb) 64 management in primary care practice American Express. Credit card orders New provider number needed for physician (Apr) 20 @ are accepted by phone. Contact assistant (Mar) 72 Nicole Himsel at 800-225-4569 x3119. Entire practice is accountable for filing Fax 440-826-2865 or accurate claims (Apr) 68 In-box filling up with forms? Don't bill e-mail to: [email protected]. 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