Geriatric Emergencies – a discussion–based review
A Discussion–based Review
Gebonden Engels 2016 9781118753347Samenvatting
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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Inhoudsopgave
<p>1 General assessment of the elderly patient, 1<br />Alison Southern & Scott Wilber</p>
<p>2 Physiologic changes with aging, 13<br />Kate D. Zimmerman & Robert S. Anderson, Jr.</p>
<p>3 Functional assessment of the elderly, 28<br />Kirk A. Stiffler</p>
<p>4 Pharmacological issues in the elderly, 43<br />Ruben Olmedo & Denise Nassisi</p>
<p>5 Altered mental status in the elderly, 58<br />Josh Joseph & Maura Kennedy</p>
<p>6 Geriatric psychiatric emergencies, 71<br />Josh Joseph & Maura Kennedy</p>
<p>7 Acute abdominal pain in the elderly: Surgical causes, 83<br />Katren Tyler & Maura Kennedy</p>
<p>8 Nonsurgical abdominal pain in the elderly, 99<br />Katren Tyler & Maura Kennedy</p>
<p>9 Back pain, 110<br />Nicholas Santavicca & Michael E. Winters</p>
<p>10 Headache, 123<br />Benjamin W. Friedman & Rebecca Nerenberg</p>
<p>11 Dyspnea in the elderly, 139<br />Mercedes Torres & Siamak Moayedi</p>
<p>12 Acute chest pain in the geriatric patient, 152<br />Marianne Haughey</p>
<p>13 Acute cardiac disease in elder patients, 168<br />Susanne DeMeester</p>
<p>14 Syncope in Geriatrics, 191<br />Timothy C Peck, Nissa J Ali & Shamai A Grossman</p>
<p>15 Stroke, 203<br />Julie Watkins–Torrey, Roxanna Sadri & Kama Guluma</p>
<p>16 Infections, 218<br />Jason Ondrejka & Scott Wilber</p>
<p>17 Dizziness and vertigo in the geriatric population, 234<br />Jonathan Edlow & Alessandro Cancelliere</p>
<p>18 Weakness and functional decline, 252<br />Colleen M McQuown</p>
<p>19 Emergency department evaluation of falls in the elderly, 264<br />Tania D. Strout & Robert S. Anderson</p>
<p>20 Trauma in the geriatric patient, 280<br />Christopher R. Carpenter & Peter L. Rosen</p>
<p>21 Surgical considerations in the elderly, 304<br />Charles W. O Connell, Davut Savaser & Colleen Campbell</p>
<p>22 Oncologic emergencies, 321<br />Gabriel Wardi, Alexander Bromfield & Leslie C. Oyama</p>
<p>23 Elder abuse and neglect, 351<br />Michael C. Bond & Kenneth H. Butler</p>
<p>24 Geriatric emergency pain management case, 363<br />Teresita M Hogan & Alexandra Wong</p>
<p>25 Ethical issues and end–of–life care, 386<br />Phillip D. Magidson & Jon Mark Hirshon</p>
<p>26 Geriatric dispositions and transitions of care, 394<br />Barbara Morano, Carmen Morano, Kevin Biese, Eric A. Coleman & Ula Hwang</p>
<p>27 The geriatric ED, 407<br />Phillip D. Magidson, John G. Schumacher & Elizabeth A. Couser</p>
<p>Index, 417</p>
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