Geriatric emergencies /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Murdoch, Iona, 1984- (Συγγραφέας), Turpin, Sarah, 1985- (Συγγραφέας), Johnston, Bree (Συγγραφέας), MacLullich, Alasdair (Συγγραφέας), Losman, Eve (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2015.
• Θέματα: Aged.; Emergencies.; Emergency Treatment > methods.; Emergency medicine.; Geriatrics.; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Medical.; Electronic books.

Geriatric Emergencies is a practical guide to the common conditions affecting older patients who present in an emergency to hospital or primary care.Beginning with the essentials of history taking and clinical examination, the book covers a comprehensive range of emergencies, emphasizing the differe...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction to geriatric emergency medicine
• Essentials of assessment and management in geriatric emergency medicine
• Special skills in geriatric emergency medicine
• Vulnerable adults and elder abuse
• Chest pain and atrial fibrillation
• Dyspnoea
• Infection and sepsis
• Falls and immobility
• Syncope
• Dizziness
• Major trauma
• Fractures and back pain
• Skin trauma
• Head injury
• Abdominal emergencies
• Diabetic and environmental emergencies
• Acute kidney injury and metabolic emergencies
• Delirium
• Stroke and transient ischaemic attack.