Elderly patients with multi-morbidity, frailty, and geriatric syndromes : therapeutic problem of contemporary and incoming medicine at intensive care unit (ICU) from the geriatrician's viewpoint /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weber, Pavel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science, ©2010.
Series:Aging Issues, Health and Financial Alternatives.
Subjects:
Older people > Diseases.
Aging > Physiological aspects.
Comorbidity.
Frail older people.
Critical care medicine.
Geriatrics
Aging > physiology
Comorbidity
Frail Elderly
Critical Care
Multimorbidity
Vieillissement > Aspect physiologique.
Comorbidité.
Personnes âgées dépendantes.
Soins intensifs.
Frail older people
Critical care medicine
Aging > Physiological aspects
Older people > Diseases
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Clinical gerontology and comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)
  • Geriatric patient particularities
  • Biology of ageing
  • Demographic analysis of contemporary and futural world population
  • Characteristics of ageing
  • Some specifics of geriatric medicine
  • Iatrogenia versus polypharmacy
  • Problems and complications of polypharmacy
  • Multimorbidity in old age and its relations
  • Dehydration : water, natrium, and potassium disturbances in the elderly organ systems in old age and their specifics
  • Delirium
  • Thermoregulatory disorders.

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