Acute emergencies and critical care of the geriatric patient / edited by Thomas T. Yoshikawa, Dean C. Norman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yoshikawa, Thomas T.

Norman, Dean C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical emergencies.

Critical care medicine.

Geriatrics.

Emergencies.

Aged.

Critical Care.

Emergency Treatment.

Medical Subjects:

Emergencies.

Aged.

Critical Care.

Emergency Treatment.

Physical Description:

xiv, 519 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Marcel Dekker, [2000]

Contents:

Part I Principles of Geriatric Critical Care

1. Relevance of Aging Issues in the Emergency Department / Anthony Kingsley 1

2. Ethics in Emergency Care of Critically Ill Patients / Elizabeth L. Cobbs, Joanne Lynn 11

3. Drug Dosing and Life-Threatening Drug Reactions in the Critically Ill Patient / Frances S. Wong, Jay P. Rho 31

4. Acute and Critical Nursing Care / Terry Fulmer, Ellen Flaherty, Melissa M. Bottrell, Kathy Fletcher, Mathy Mezey 49

Part II Surgical Emergencies

5. Emergency Preoperative Evaluation / Edward H. Livingston 67

6. Emergency Anesthesia / Calvin Johnson, Sharon Anita Ashley, Stephen N. Steen 83

7. Traumatic Injuries / Arthur W. Fleming, Jo E. Linder 103

8. Critical Care of the Hip Fracture Patient / William T. Long, Earl Warren Brien 119

9. Acute Conditions of the Abdomen / David Vo, Samuel Eric Wilson 141

10. Acute Vascular Emergencies / J. Dennis Baker 165

Part III Medical Emergencies

11. Management of Shock / Merlyn M. Asuncion, Vidya S. Kaushik 183

12. Cardiac Emergencies / Donald D. Tresch, Indu Poornima 199

13. Hypertensive Crises / Ronald L. Fong, Keith C. Norris 229

14. Acute Respiratory Failure / Darryl Y. Sue 243

15. Acute Renal Failure / Dean T. Yamaguchi 269

16. Alterations in Electrolytes and Acid-Base Homeostasis with Aging / Adebenga Adetola, Keith C. Norris 293

17. Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemia and Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Robert V. Hogikyan, Jeffrey B. Halter 323

18. Infectious Disease Emergencies / Shobita Rajagopalan, Deborah Moran 337

19. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Abbasi J. Akhtar 357

20. Neurological Emergencies / Michael E. Mahler 369

21. Psychiatric Emergencies / Indumathi Raghavan, L. Jaime Fitten 385

Part IV Special Issues of Aging

22. Acute Vision Impairment or Loss / Charles Wesley Flowers, Jr., Glenville A. March, Jr. 399

23. Hypothermia and Hyperthermia / Arnel M. Joaquin 435

24. Diagnosis and Treatment of Abuse and Neglect in the Emergency Department / Cheryl E. Woodson 451

25. Acute Hospital Care: Future Directions / Robert M. Palmer 461.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0824703456

OCLC:

43441701