Geriatric Trauma and Critical Care

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Luchette, Fred A. (Editor), Yelon, Jay A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Geriatrics.; Traumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Traumatic Surgery.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

With the expertise of an author panel of leading clinicians in the field of surgery, trauma, critical care and geriatrics the new edition of this text addresses the explosion in knowledge on the impact aging has on injury, acute illness and critical care management. The text covers the physiologic c...

Table of Contents:

• Renal
• Gastrointestinal
• Skin/Soft Tissue/Pressure Sores
• Immunologic
• Hematologic
• Psychological Effects
• Debility: Evaluation and Impact
• Healthcare: Economic Impact of Caring for the Elderly
• Operative Risk Stratification
• Appendicitis
• Biliary
• Diverticulitis
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Intestinal Hemorrhage
• Acute Abdomen
• Necrotizing Fasciitis
• Acute Vascular Insufficiency
• Thoracic Diseases in the Elderly
• Prehospital Care
• Epidemiology Injury in the Elderly
• Injury Prevention
• Outcomes for Surgical Care in the Elderly
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Chest Wall and Thoracic
• Spleen/Liver/Kidney
• Pelvic Fracture
• Extremity Injury
• Penetrating Injury
• Burns
• Resource Utilization
• Cardiovascular/Invasive Monitoring
• Pulmonary/Mechanical Ventilation
• Renal/RRT
• Nutrition Support
• Pharmacology
• Nursing Consideration
• Rehabilitation
• End-of-Life Care
• Ethics.