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Geriatric Emergencies
A Discussion-based Review
Amal Mattu (Edited by), A Mattu (Author), Shamai Grossman (Edited by), Peter Rosen (Edited by), Robert Anderson (Associate editor), Christopher R. Carpenter (Associate editor), Andrew Chang (Associate editor), Jon Mark Hirshon (Associate editor), Ula Hwang (Associate editor), Maura Kennedy (Associate editor), Don Melady (Associate editor), Vaishal Tolia (Associate editor), Scott Wilbur (Associate editor)
9781118753347, Wiley
Hardback, published 8 July 2016
448 pages
25.4 x 19.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.934 kg
The elderly represent the fastest growing segment of the population in developed countries, reflected in the patient population presenting to EDs and hospitals. These patients more often than not have greater co-morbidities, more complicated workups and utilize more laboratory and radiologic services.
This text is designed to teach emergency physicians how best to care for this specific demographic of patients. It addresses physiologic changes, high-risk conditions, and atypical presentations associated with elderly patients in the ED that result in frequent misdiagnosis or delays in diagnosis. It instructs the readers how best to care for elderly patients in order to minimize morbidity and mortality, addressing some of the difficult psychosocial issues that confront health care providers that care for elderly patients, such as psychiatric disease and end-of-life care. The utility of this text is not limited to emergency physicians, but it should be useful to all health care providers involved in the treatment of elderly patients with acute medical or surgical conditions.
List of Contributors vii 1 General assessment of the elderly patient 1 2 Physiologic changes with aging 13 3 Functional assessment of the elderly 28 4 Pharmacological issues in the elderly 43 5 Altered mental status in the elderly 58 6 Geriatric psychiatric emergencies 71 7 Acute abdominal pain in the elderly: Surgical causes 83 8 Nonsurgical abdominal pain in the elderly 99 9 Back pain 110 10 Headache 123 11 Dyspnea in the elderly 139 12 Acute chest pain in the geriatric patient 152 13 Acute cardiac disease in elder patients 168 14 Syncope in Geriatrics 191 15 Stroke 203 16 Infections 218 17 Dizziness and vertigo in the geriatric population 234 18 Weakness and functional decline 252 19 Emergency department evaluation of falls in the elderly 264 20 Trauma in the geriatric patient 280 21 Surgical considerations in the elderly 304 22 Oncologic emergencies 321 23 Elder abuse and neglect 351 24 Geriatric emergency pain management case 363 25 Ethical issues and end-of-life care 386 26 Geriatric dispositions and transitions of care 394 27 The geriatric ED, 407 Index 417
Alison Southern & Scott Wilber
Kate D. Zimmerman & Robert S. Anderson, Jr.
Kirk A. Stiffler
Ruben Olmedo & Denise Nassisi
Josh Joseph & Maura Kennedy
Josh Joseph & Maura Kennedy
Katren Tyler & Maura Kennedy
Katren Tyler & Maura Kennedy
Nicholas Santavicca & Michael E. Winters
Benjamin W. Friedman & Rebecca Nerenberg
Mercedes Torres & Siamak Moayedi
Marianne Haughey
Susanne DeMeester
Timothy C Peck, Nissa J Ali & Shamai A Grossman
Julie Watkins-Torrey, Roxanna Sadri & Kama Guluma
Jason Ondrejka & Scott Wilber
Jonathan Edlow & Alessandro Cancelliere
Colleen M McQuown
Tania D. Strout & Robert S. Anderson
Christopher R. Carpenter & Peter L. Rosen
Charles W. O’Connell, Davut Savaser & Colleen Campbell
Gabriel Wardi, Alexander Bromfield & Leslie C. Oyama
Michael C. Bond & Kenneth H. Butler
Teresita M Hogan & Alexandra Wong
Phillip D. Magidson & Jon Mark Hirshon
Barbara Morano, Carmen Morano, Kevin Biese, Eric A. Coleman & Ula Hwang
Phillip D. Magidson, John G. Schumacher & Elizabeth A. Couser
Subject Areas: Medicine: general issues [MB]
