Geriatric medicine involves complex, multi-system patients and a broad range of PDF guidelines: NICE dementia, falls, delirium, and frailty guidance, BGS position statements, and AGS Beers Criteria. This guide shows geriatricians and trainees how to convert these PDFs to EPUB for portable, annotatable clinical reference.
Geriatric medicine is arguably the most complex speciality in internal medicine. Multi-morbidity, polypharmacy, frailty, cognitive impairment, falls, delirium, and functional decline intersect in ways that require broad guideline knowledge. NICE publishes separate guidelines for dementia, falls, delirium, incontinence, osteoporosis, and end-of-life care. The BGS produces position statements and best practice guides across these and other domains. The AGS Beers Criteria is essential for safe prescribing in older adults. Converting all of this to EPUB makes it portable and searchable on any device.
| Source | Content | Access |
|---|---|---|
| NICE (nice.org.uk) | Dementia (NG97), falls (CG161), delirium (CG103), incontinence (NG123), osteoporosis (TA464) | Free |
| BGS (bgs.org.uk) | Position statements on frailty, falls, delirium, care home medicine, end-of-life | Free |
| AGS (americangeriatrics.org) | Beers Criteria, AGS clinical practice guidelines | Free (Beers Criteria) |
| SIGN (sign.ac.uk) | Scottish guidelines on dementia, falls prevention | Free |
| Dalhousie FI-Lab | Clinical Frailty Scale, Frailty Index resources | Free |
| RCP (rcplondon.ac.uk) | National Hip Fracture Database reports, falls and fragility fracture guidelines | Free (most) |
| Age and Ageing | BGS flagship journal | Subscription / some OA |
| Lancet Healthy Longevity | High-impact ageing research; fully open access | Free (OA) |
Keep NICE dementia (NG97), delirium (CG103), and falls (CG161) as EPUBs on your phone. During ward round or MDT discussions, search for specific diagnostic criteria, non-pharmacological interventions, or discharge planning recommendations. Annotate patient-specific decision points in the EPUB reading app.
Convert BGS CGA resources and your local CGA toolkit to EPUB. Keep on your phone for reference during admission assessments — search for specific domain assessments (cognition, function, mood, falls risk, medication review, social, environment) and scoring thresholds.
Convert the AGS Beers Criteria and STOPP/START criteria to EPUB. Search for specific drug classes or therapeutic categories during medication review. The EPUB search function is far faster than scrolling a multi-column PDF table when reviewing a complex patient's drug chart.
Read Age and Ageing or Lancet Healthy Longevity articles as EPUBs. Annotate and export highlights for your CPD e-portfolio. JRCPTB geriatric medicine curriculum and RCP frameworks accept documented peer-reviewed reading with reflection as CPD evidence.
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