Geriatric Emergencies: A Discussion–based Review

The elderly represent the fastest growing segment of the population in developed countries, reflected in the patient population presenting to EDs and hospitals. These patients more often than not have greater co–morbidities, more complicated workups and utilize more laboratory and radiologic services. This text is designed to teach emergency physicians how best to care for this specific demographic of patients. It addresses physiologic changes, high–risk conditions, and atypical presentations associated with elderly patients in the ED that result in frequent misdiagnosis or delays in diagnosis. It instructs the readers how best to care for elderly patients in order to minimize morbidity and mortality, addressing some of the difficult psychosocial issues that confront health care providers that care for elderly patients, such as psychiatric disease and end–of–life care. The utility of this text is not limited to emergency physicians, but it should be useful to all health care providers involved in the treatment of elderly patients with acute medical or surgical conditions. INDICE: 1. GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF THE ELDERLY PATIENT..Scott Wilber and Alison Southern .2. PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES WITH AGINGRobert Anderson and Kate D. Zimmerman .3. FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENTScott Wilber and Kirk Stiffler, MD, MPH .4. PHARMACOLOGICAL ISSUES (INCL POLYPHARMACY, DRUG INTERACTIONS)Jon Mark Hirshon, Denise Nassisi and Ruben E. Olmedo .5. CONFUSION AND ALTERED MENTAL STATUS (INITIAL ASSESSMENT, DDX)Maura Kennedy, Josh Joseph and Maura Kennedy .6. PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES (FOCUS: DEPRESSION, DEMENTIA, AND DELIRIUM)Maura Kennedy, Josh Joseph and Maura Kennedy .7. ABDOMINAL CONDITIONS: SURGICALMaura Kennedy and Katren Tyler, MD .8. ABDOMINAL CONDITIONS: NON–SURGICALMaura Kennedy and Katren Tyler, MD .9. BACK PAINUla Hwang and Michael Winters .10. HEADACHEAndrew Chang, Benjamin W. Friedman and Rebecca Nerenberg .11. DYSPNEARobert Anderson, Siamak Moayedi and Mercedes Torres .12. EVALUATION OF CHEST PAINAndrew Chang and Marianne Haughey .13. ACUTE CARDIAC DISEASE IN THE ELDER PATIENT (INCL MI, ETC)Andrew Chang and Susanne DeMeester .14. SYNCOPEVaishal Tolia, Julie Watkins–Torrey, and Benjamin W. Friedman .15. STROKE AND TIAVaishal Tolia, Julie Watkins–Torrey, MD, Roxanna Sadri, MD, Kama Guluma, MD .16. INFECTIONS (WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON EARLY SEPSIS)Scott Wilber and Jason Ondrejka, DO .17. DIZZINESS AND VERTIGOAndrew Chang, Alessandro Cancelliere MD, PhD and Jonathan Edlow .18. WEAKNESS AND FUNCTIONAL DECLINEScott Wilber amd (Mary) Colleen Bhalla, MD .19. FALLSRobert Anderson, Tania D. Strout and Robert Anderson .20. TRAUMA ISSUES (THIS WILL PERTAIN A BIT MORE TO MAJOR TRAUMA AND RESUS)Robert Anderson, Christopher R. Carpenter and Peter Rosen .21. SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE EDVaishal Tolia, Charles O?Connell MD, Davut Savaser, MD, and Colleen Campbell, MD .22. ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIESVaishal Tolia, Gabriel Wardi, MD Alexander Bromfiend, MD, Leslie Oyama, MD .23. ABUSE AND NEGLECTJon Mark Hirshon, Michael Bond and Ken Butler .24. PAIN MANAGEMENTUla Hwang and Teresita Hogan .25. ETHICAL ISSUES AND END OF LIFE CAREJon Mark Hirshon, Philip Magidson and Jon Mark Hirshon .26. DISPOSITION, TRANSITIONS OF CAREUla Hwang, Barbara Morano and Carmen Morano .27. THE GERIATRIC EDJon Mark Hirshon, Philip Magidson, Elizabeth Couser and John Schumacher . 

• ISBN: 978-1-118-75334-7
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 408
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés