Geriatric Emergencies - a discussion-based review
Published on 13. May 2016
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448 pages
978-1-118-75326-2 (ISBN)
Description
The elderly represent the fastest growing segment of the population in developed countries, reflected in the patient population presenting to EDs and hospitals. These patients more often than not have greater co-morbidities, more complicated workups and utilize more laboratory and radiologic services. This text is designed to teach emergency physicians how best to care for this specific demographic of patients. It addresses physiologic changes, high-risk conditions, and atypical presentations associated with elderly patients in the ED that result in frequent misdiagnosis or delays in diagnosis. It instructs the readers how best to care for elderly patients in order to minimize morbidity and mortality, addressing some of the difficult psychosocial issues that confront health care providers that care for elderly patients, such as psychiatric disease and end-of-life care. The utility of this text is not limited to emergency physicians, but it should be useful to all health care providers involved in the treatment of elderly patients with acute medical or surgical conditions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-75326-2 (9781118753262)
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05/2016
Wiley-Blackwell
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Wiley-Blackwell
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Content
List of Contributors, vii 1 General assessment of the elderly patient, 1 Alison Southern & Scott Wilber 2 Physiologic changes with aging, 13 Kate D. Zimmerman & Robert S. Anderson, Jr. 3 Functional assessment of the elderly, 28 Kirk A. Stiffler 4 Pharmacological issues in the elderly, 43 Ruben Olmedo & Denise Nassisi 5 Altered mental status in the elderly, 58 Josh Joseph & Maura Kennedy 6 Geriatric psychiatric emergencies, 71 Josh Joseph & Maura Kennedy 7 Acute abdominal pain in the elderly: Surgical causes, 83 Katren Tyler & Maura Kennedy 8 Nonsurgical abdominal pain in the elderly, 99 Katren Tyler & Maura Kennedy 9 Back pain, 110 Nicholas Santavicca & Michael E. Winters 10 Headache, 123 Benjamin W. Friedman & Rebecca Nerenberg 11 Dyspnea in the elderly, 139 Mercedes Torres & Siamak Moayedi 12 Acute chest pain in the geriatric patient, 152 Marianne Haughey 13 Acute cardiac disease in elder patients, 168 Susanne DeMeester 14 Syncope in Geriatrics, 191 Timothy C Peck, Nissa J Ali & Shamai A Grossman 15 Stroke, 203 Julie Watkins-Torrey, Roxanna Sadri & Kama Guluma 16 Infections, 218 Jason Ondrejka & Scott Wilber 17 Dizziness and vertigo in the geriatric population, 234 Jonathan Edlow & Alessandro Cancelliere 18 Weakness and functional decline, 252 Colleen M McQuown 19 Emergency department evaluation of falls in the elderly, 264 Tania D. Strout & Robert S. Anderson 20 Trauma in the geriatric patient, 280 Christopher R. Carpenter & Peter L. Rosen 21 Surgical considerations in the elderly, 304 Charles W. O Connell, Davut Savaser & Colleen Campbell 22 Oncologic emergencies, 321 Gabriel Wardi, Alexander Bromfield & Leslie C. Oyama 23 Elder abuse and neglect, 351 Michael C. Bond & Kenneth H. Butler 24 Geriatric emergency pain management case, 363 Teresita M Hogan & Alexandra Wong 25 Ethical issues and end-of-life care, 386 Phillip D. Magidson & Jon Mark Hirshon 26 Geriatric dispositions and transitions of care, 394 Barbara Morano, Carmen Morano, Kevin Biese, Eric A. Coleman & Ula Hwang 27 The geriatric ED, 407 Phillip D. Magidson, John G. Schumacher & Elizabeth A. Couser Index, 417