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Acute emergencies and critical care of the geriatric patient /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Yoshikawa, Thomas T., Norman, Dean C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : M. Dekker, ©2000.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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, Joanne Lynn
  • Drug Dosing and Life-Threatening Drug Reactions in the Critically Ill Patient / Frances S. Wong, Jay P. Rho
  • Acute and Critical Nursing Care / Terry Fulmer, Ellen Flaherty, Melissa M. Bottrell, Kathy Fletcher, Mathy Mezey
  • Surgical Emergencies
  • Emergency Preoperative Evaluation / Edward H. Livingston
  • Emergency Anesthesia / Calvin Johnson, Sharon Anita Ashley, Stephen N. Steen
  • Traumatic Injuries / Arthur W. Fleming, Jo E. Linder
  • Critical Care of the Hip Fracture Patient / William T. Long, Earl Warren Brien
  • Acute Conditions of the Abdomen / David Vo, Samuel Eric Wilson
  • Acute Vascular Emergencies / J. Dennis Baker
  • Medical Emergencies
  • Management of Shock / Merlyn M. Asuncion, Vidya S. Kaushik
  • Cardiac Emergencies / Donald D. Tresch, Indu Poornima
  • Hypertensive Crises / Ronald L. Fong, 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, Keith C. Norris
  • Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemia and Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Robert V. Hogikyan, Jeffrey B. Halter
  • Infectious Disease Emergencies / Shobita Rajagopalan, Deborah Moran
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Abbasi J. Akhtar
  • Neurological Emergencies / Michael E. Mahler.