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.
A review of the diagnosis and treatment of common surgical and medical emergencies in elderly patients. It examines drug therapies and drug prescribin...
Written by the foremost authorities on the topic, this reference provides quick access to essential information on specific antibiotics, major clinical infections, selected pathogens, and infections in long-term elderly-care facilities-summarizing the vast array of topics related to infectious diseases in older adults including epidemiology, clinical manifestations, altered host resistance, and pharmacology.
Written by the foremost authorities on the topic, this reference provides quick access to essential information on specific antibiotics, major clinica...
Offering an authoritative overview of all infection management protocols currently utilized by infectious disease specialists, geriatricians, and infection control practitioners, this Second Edition examines current strategies to diagnose, treat, control, and prevent common infectious diseases in long-term care geriatric facilities. Covering a wide range of infectious conditions, this source presents new chapters on conjunctivitis, otitis, sinusitis, HIV, SARS, and the West Nile Virus.
Offering an authoritative overview of all infection management protocols currently utilized by infectious disease specialists, geriatricians, and infe...
This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest edited by Drs.?Thomas T. Yoshikawa and Dean C. Norman, is devoted to Infectious Diseases in Geriatric Medicine. Articles in this issue include: Host Resistance and Immunology of Aging; Clinical Features of Infection; Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy; Bacterial Pneumonia; Tuberculosis; Intraabdominal Infections; Infectious Diarrhea: Clostridium Difficile and Norovirus; Urinary Tract Infection; Herpes Zoster; Bone and Joint Infections; Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Infections in the Long-Term Care...
This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest edited by Drs.?Thomas T. Yoshikawa and Dean C. Norman, is devoted to Infectious Diseases in Geri...
