Henry Woodford, James George

Acute Medicine in the Frail Elderly

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This practical book describes the key features of high-quality care for frail elderly patients in acute hospital settings. With chapters on assessment and the characteristic non-specific ways that patients tend to present. As well as common medical and surgical conditions, it also covers medication management, elder abuse, pressure ulcers and hypothermia, including the physiological changes seen in ageing and ways to define frail patients.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 169mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 764g
• ISBN-13: 9781908911582
• ISBN-10: 1908911581
• Artikelnr.: 39347360

Autorenporträt

Henry Woodford (Author) , Jim George (Australian National University, Canberra) (Author) , John Wattis (Author

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Preface. About the authors. List of abbreviations. Introduction.
Assessment. 'Off legs': non-specific functional decline. Atypical
presentations. Malnutrition. Dehydration. Electrolyte disturbances.
Constipation. Incontinence. Pressure ulcers. Hypothermia. Confusion.
Delirium. Dementia. 'Collapse query cause': falls and blackouts. Falls.
Syncope. Epilepsy. Surgical care. Abdominal pain. Trauma. Infection.
Sepsis. Pneumonia. Influenza. Urinary tract infection. Clostridium
difficile infection. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Infectious endocarditis.  Meningitis. Encephalitis. Skin and soft tissue
infections. Cerebrovascular disease. Stroke. TIA. Chest pain and shortness
of breath. Acute coronary syndromes. Heart failure. Cardiac arrhythmias.
Aortic dissection. Pulmonary embolism. Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease. Other presentations. Dizziness. Acute gastrointestinal
haemorrhage. Parkinson's disease. Depression. Diabetes. Headache. Acute
back pain. Acute joint inflammation. Elder abuse. Palliative care.
Medications. List of abbreviations. Index.