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Geriatric Emergencies: A Discussion-based Review

Geriatric Emergencies: A Discussion-based Review

9781118753347
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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.
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John Wiley and Sons
76304
9781118753347
9781118753347

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Publication date
2016
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
448
Dimensions (mm)
195.00 x 244.00
Weight (g)
920

  • List of Contributors vii

    1 General assessment of the elderly patient 1
    Alison Southern & Scott Wilber

    2 Physiologic changes with aging 13
    Kate D. Zimmerman & Robert S. Anderson, Jr.

    3 Functional assessment of the elderly 28
    Kirk A. Stiffler

    4 Pharmacological issues in the elderly 43
    Ruben Olmedo & Denise Nassisi

    5 Altered mental status in the elderly 58
    Josh Joseph & Maura Kennedy

    6 Geriatric psychiatric emergencies 71
    Josh Joseph & Maura Kennedy

    7 Acute abdominal pain in the elderly: Surgical causes 83
    Katren Tyler & Maura Kennedy

    8 Nonsurgical abdominal pain in the elderly 99
    Katren Tyler & Maura Kennedy

    9 Back pain 110
    Nicholas Santavicca & Michael E. Winters

    10 Headache 123
    Benjamin W. Friedman & Rebecca Nerenberg

    11 Dyspnea in the elderly 139
    Mercedes Torres & Siamak Moayedi

    12 Acute chest pain in the geriatric patient 152
    Marianne Haughey

    13 Acute cardiac disease in elder patients 168
    Susanne DeMeester

    14 Syncope in Geriatrics 191
    Timothy C Peck, Nissa J Ali & Shamai A Grossman

    15 Stroke 203
    Julie Watkins-Torrey, Roxanna Sadri & Kama Guluma

    16 Infections 218
    Jason Ondrejka & Scott Wilber

    17 Dizziness and vertigo in the geriatric population 234
    Jonathan Edlow & Alessandro Cancelliere

    18 Weakness and functional decline 252
    Colleen M McQuown

    19 Emergency department evaluation of falls in the elderly 264
    Tania D. Strout & Robert S. Anderson

    20 Trauma in the geriatric patient 280
    Christopher R. Carpenter & Peter L. Rosen

    21 Surgical considerations in the elderly 304
    Charles W. O’Connell, Davut Savaser & Colleen Campbell

    22 Oncologic emergencies 321
    Gabriel Wardi, Alexander Bromfield & Leslie C. Oyama

    23 Elder abuse and neglect 351
    Michael C. Bond & Kenneth H. Butler

    24 Geriatric emergency pain management case 363
    Teresita M Hogan & Alexandra Wong

    25 Ethical issues and end-of-life care 386
    Phillip D. Magidson & Jon Mark Hirshon

    26 Geriatric dispositions and transitions of care 394
    Barbara Morano, Carmen Morano, Kevin Biese, Eric A. Coleman & Ula Hwang

    27 The geriatric ED, 407
    Phillip D. Magidson, John G. Schumacher & Elizabeth A. Couser

    Index 417 

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