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Foreword by J. Gurwitz1 General aspects .-1.1 Heterogeneity and vulnerability of older patients(Heinrich Burkhardt) .-1.2 Epidemiological aspects (Heinrich Burkhardt) .-1.3 Age-associated general pharmacological aspects(Martin Wehling) .-1.4 Critical extrapolation of guidelines and study results: risk-benefit-assessment for patients with reduced life expectancy and a new classification of drugs according to their fitness for the aged (Martin Wehling) .-1.5 Inappropriate medication and medication errors in the elderly(Zachary A. Marcum andJoseph T. Hanlon) .- 2 Special aspects with respect to organ systems based on geriatric clinical importance .-2.1 Arterial hypertension (Martin Wehling) .-2.2 Heart failure (Martin Wehling, Robert L. Page 2nd) .-2.3 Coronary heart disease and stroke(Martin Wehling) .-2.4 Atrial fibrillation (Martin Wehling) .-2.5 Diabetes mellitus (Heinrich Burkhardt) .-2.6 Obstructive pulmonary disease(Martin Wehling) .-2.7 Osteoporosis (Martin Wehling) .-2.8 Parkinson’s disease (Heinrich Burkhardt) .-2.9 Therapy of chronic pain (Heinrich Burkhardt) .-2.10 Dementia (Stefan Schwarz, Lutz Frölich) .-2.11 Depression (Stefan Schwarz, Lutz Frölich) .-2.12 Sleep disorders (Stefan Schwarz, Lutz Frölich) .-2.13 Therapy decisions and drug therapy of cancer in the elderly (Ulrich Wedding, Stuart M. Lichtman) .- 3 Pharmacotherapy and geriatric syndromes .-3.1 Fall risk and pharmacotherapy(Heinrich Burkhardt) .-3.2 Central nervous-system (CNS) medications and delirium (Donna M. Fick) .- 3.3 Pharmacotherapy and special aspects of cognitive disorders in the elderly (Heinrich Burkhardt) .- 3.4 Pharmacotherapy and incontinence(Heinrich Burkhardt, J. Mark Ruscin) .-3.5 Immobility and pharmacotherapy (Heinrich Burkhardt) .-3.6 Pharmacotherapy and the frailty syndrome (Heinrich Burkhardt) .- 4 Further problem areas in gerontopharmacotherapy and pragmatic recommendations .-4.1 Adherence to pharmacotherapy in the elderly(Heinrich Burkhardt) .-4.2 Polypharmacy (Heinrich Burkhardt) .-4.3 Inappropriate prescribing in the hospitalized elderly patient (Robert L. Page 2nd, J. Mark Ruscin) .-