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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
M. Dekker,
©2000.
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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.