Acute Emergencies and Critical Care of the Geriatric Patient

ISBN-13: 9780824703455 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 536 str.

Thomas T. Yoshikawa; Dean C. Norman

Opis

A review of the diagnosis and treatment of common surgical and medical emergencies in elderly patients. It examines drug therapies and drug prescribing protocols, identifies life-threatening drug reactions, weighs ethical issues, and addresses methods of profiling patients for nursing care. The work also evaluates disease states and gauges optimal responses to each, supporting recommendations with case studies.

Recenzje

"
...four sections that cover the basic principle of critical care, topics related to surgical emergencies and medical emergencies, and special issues. A strength of the book is that each of its 25 chapters can serve as a stand-alone reference for rapid review. Yet the text flows nicely from chapter to chapter, making it easy to garner a comprehensive survey of this area of medicine.
...an excellent resource for those who care for the elderly in acute care settings.
"- The New England Journal of Medicine, 2000

"…clearly written and didactically well presented.
…recommended to all geriatricians.
"-Gerontology

Spis treści

Principles of Geriatric Critical Care

Relevance of Aging Issues in the Emergency Department
Anthony Kingsley
Ethics in Emergency Care of Critically Ill Patients
Elizabeth L. Cobbs and Joanne Lynn
Drug Dosing and Life-Threatening Drug Reactions in the Critically Ill Patient
Frances S. Wong and Jay P. Rho
Acute and Critical Nursing Care
Terry Fulmer, Ellen Flaherty, Melissa M. Bottrell, Kathy Fletcher, and Mathy Mezey

Surgical Emergencies

Emergency Preoperative Evaluation
Edward H. Livingston
Emergency Anesthesia
Calvin Johnson, Sharon Anita Ashley, and Stephen N. Steen
Traumatic Injuries
Arthur W. Fleming and Jo E. Linder
Critical Care of the Hip Fracture Patient
William T. Long and Earl Warren Brien
Acute Conditions of the Abdomen
David Vo and Samuel Eric Wilson
Acute Vascular Emergencies
J. Dennis Baker

Medical Emergencies

Management of Shock
Merlyn Asuncion and Vidya S. Kaushik
Cardiac Emergencies
Donald D. Tresch and Indu Poornima
Hypertensive Crises
Ronald L. Fong and Keith C. Norris
Acute Respiratory Failure
Darryl Y. Sue
Acute Renal Failure
Dean T. Yamaguchi
Alterations in Electrolytes and Acid-Base Homeostasis with Aging
Adebenga Adetola and Keith C. Norris
Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemia and Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Robert V. Hogikyan and Jeffrey B. Halter
Infectious Disease Emergencies
Shobita Rajagopalan and Deborah Moran
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Abbasi J. Akhtar
Neurological Emergencies
Michael E. Mahler
Psychiatric Emergencies
Indumathi Raghavan and L. Jaime Fitten

Special Issues of Aging

Acute Vision Impairment or Loss
Charles Wesley Flowers, Jr., and Glenville A. March, Jr.
Hypothermia and Hyperthermia
Arnel M. Joaquin
Diagnosis and Treatment of Abuse and Neglect in the Emergency Department
Cheryl E. Woodson
Acute Hospital Care: Future Directions
Robert M. Palmer

O autorze

Thomas T. Yoshikawa and Dean C. Norman