Geriatric Emergency Medicine

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Nickel, Christian (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bellou, Abdelouahab (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Conroy, Simon (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Emergency medicine.; Geriatrics.; Critical care medicine.; Emergency Medicine.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

This book discusses all important aspects of emergency medicine in older people, identifying the particular care needs of this population, which all too often remain unmet. The up-to-date and in-depth coverage will assist emergency physicians in identifying patients at risk for adverse outcomes, in...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Profiles of older patients in the emergency department
• 2. Triage of elderly patients
• 3. High-risk presentations in the elderly
• 4. Trauma in the elderly
• 5. Dementia and delirium
• 6. Comprehensive geriatric assessment
• 7. Detection of older people with increased risk of adverse health outcomes after an emergency visit
• 8. Interventions to improve outcomes for elderly patients discharged from the emergency department
• 9. Pathophysiology of severe sepsis in the elderly: clinical impact and therapeutic considerations
• 10. Drug-related problems in the elderly.