Acute Emergencies and Critical Care of the Geriatric Patient.
Title:
Acute Emergencies and Critical Care of the Geriatric Patient.
Author:
Yoshikawa, Thomas T.
ISBN:
9780203910047
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (536 pages)
Contents:
Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Relevance of Aging Issues in the Emergency Department -- Ethics in Emergency Care of Critically Ill Patients -- Drug Dosing and Life-Threatening Drug Reactions in the Critically Ill Patient -- Acute and Critical Nursing Care -- Emergency Preoperative Evaluation -- Emergency Anesthesia -- Traumatic Injuries -- Critical Care of the Hip Fracture Patient -- Acute Conditions of the Abdomen -- Acute Vascular Emergencies -- Management of Shock -- Cardiac Emergencies -- Hypertensive Crises -- Acute Respiratory Failure -- Acute Renal Failure -- Alterations in Electrolytes and Acid-Base Homeostasis with Aging -- Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemia and Diabetic Ketoacidosis -- Infectious Disease Emergencies -- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage -- Neurological Emergencies -- Psychiatric Emergencies -- Acute Vision Impairment or Loss -- Hypothermia and Hyperthermia -- Diagnosis and Treatment of Abuse and Neglect in the Emergency Department -- Acute Hospital Care: Future Directions -- Index.
Abstract:
This incisive reference systematically reviews the diagnosis and treatment of common surgical and medical emergencies in elderly patients-thoroughly examining surgical interventions, drug therapies and drug prescribing protocols, life-threatening drug reactions, ethical issues, and methods of profiling patients for nursing care. Evaluates disease states and gauges optimal responses to each, supporting recommendations with valuable case studies.Written by over 40 distinguished medical experts, Acute Emergencies and Critical Care of the Geriatric Patientdescribes ideal patient-physician relationships in critical care settings highlights emergency management of myocardial infarction and cardiogenic pulmonary edema illuminates ethical questions surrounding confidentiality, informed consent, surrogate decision making, and patient comfort assesses special pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic conditions in geriatric patients provides vital information on stroke, seizures, and spinal cord compression investigates critical complications caused by pneumonia, meningitis, and endocarditis explores acute lung disorders such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, central nervous system dysfunction, and abnormal control of ventilation clarifies preoperative procedures for emergency surgery reviews anesthesia strategies for pulmonary, cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, and neurological conditions in the elderly and more!Including over 1000 references, tables, and illustrations, Acute Emergencies and Critical Care of the Geriatric Patient is an indispensable resource for geriatricians, primary care physicians, internists, emergency medicine physicians, intensivists, hosptialists, surgeons, anesthesiologists, orthopedists, cardiologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, and internists/residents in these disciplines, as well as nurses, pharmacists, and medical
students.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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