Delirium in Elderly Patients

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Isik, Ahmet Turan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Grossberg, George T. (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: Geriatrics.; Geriatric psychiatry.; Neurology .; Primary care (Medicine).; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Geriatric Psychiatry.; Neurology.; Primary Care Medicine.

This book provides a comprehensive, scholarly, and practical account of delirium that will be of value for all doctors and nurses involved in the care of the elderly. It not only offers a state of the art update on delirium, covering its history, epidemiology, pathophysiology, assessment, diagnosis,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Delirium: From Past To Present
• Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Delirium
• Pathogenesis of Delirium
• Delirium: Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
• Delirium in Dementia
• Approach To The Elderly Patient With Delirium: The Geriatrician's Perspective
• The Geriatric Psychiatrist's Perspective
• The Neurologist's Perspective
• The Intensive Care Specialist's Perspective
• The Forensic Expert's Perspective
• Nursing Perspective
• Delirium Prevention and Treatment
• Case Vignettes
• Appendix: Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
• Confusion Assessment Tool for Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU)
• Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC)
• Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC)
• Delirium Detection Score (DDS)
• Drugs Highly Associated With Delirium.