Acute Emergencies and Critical Care of the Geriatric Patient

by Yoshikawa; Thomas T.

• ISBN13: 9780824703455
• ISBN10: 0824703456
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-30
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

This incisive reference systematically reviews the diagnosis and treatment of common surgical and medical emergencies in elderly patients-thoroughly examining surgical interventions, drug therapies and drug prescribing protocols, life-threatening drug reactions, ethical issues, and methods of profiling patients for nursing care. Evaluates disease states and gauges optimal responses to each, supporting recommendations with valuable case studies. Written by over 40 distinguished medical experts, Acute Emergencies and Critical Care of the Geriatric Patient describes ideal patient-physician relationships in critical care settings highlights emergency management of myocardial infarction and cardiogenic pulmonary edema illuminates ethical questions surrounding confidentiality, informed consent, surrogate decision making, and patient comfort assesses special pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic conditions in geriatric patients provides vital information on stroke, seizures, and spinal cord compression investigates critical complications caused by pneumonia, meningitis, and endocarditis explores acute lung disorders such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, central nervous system dysfunction, and abnormal control of ventilation clarifies preoperative procedures for emergency surgery reviews anesthesia strategies for pulmonary, cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, and neurological conditions in the elderly and more! Including over 1000 references, tables, and illustrations, Acute Emergencies and Critical Care of the Geriatric Patient is an indispensable resource for geriatricians, primary care physicians, internists, emergency medicine physicians, intensivists, hosptialists, surgeons, anesthesiologists, orthopedists, cardiologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, and internists/residents in these disciplines, as well as nurses, pharmacists, and medical students.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Contributors	xi
PART I PRINCIPLES OF GERIATRIC CRITICAL CARE
Relevance of Aging Issues in the Emergency Department	1	(10)
Anthony Kingsley
Ethics in Emergency Care of Critically Ill Patients	11	(20)
Elizabeth L. Cobbs
Joanne Lynn
Drug Dosing and Life-Threatening Drug Reactions in the Critically Ill Patient	31	(18)
Frances S. Wong
Jay P. Rho
Acute and Critical Nursing Care	49	(18)
Terry Fulmer
Ellen Flaherty
Melissa M. Bottrell
Kathy Fletcher
Mathy Mezey
PART II SURGICAL EMERGENCIES
Emergency Preoperative Evaluation	67	(16)
Edward H. Livingston
Emergency Anesthesia	83	(20)
Calvin Johnson
Sharon Anita Ashley
Stephen N. Steen
Traumatic Injuries	103	(16)
Arthur W. Fleming
Jo E. Linder
Critical Care of the Hip Fracture Patient	119	(22)
William T. Long
Earl Warren Brien
Acute Conditions of the Abdomen	141	(24)
David Vo
Samuel Eric Wilson
Acute Vascular Emergencies	165	(18)
J. Dennis Baker
PART III MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
Management of Shock	183	(16)
Merlyn M. Asuncion
Vidya S. Kaushik
Cardiac Emergencies	199	(30)
Donald D. Tresch
Indu Poornima
Hypertensive Crises	229	(14)
Ronald L. Fong
Keith C. Norris
Acute Respiratory Failure	243	(26)
Darryl Y. Sue
Acute Renal Failure	269	(24)
Dean T. Yamaguchi
Alterations in Electrolytes and Acid-Base Homeostasis with Aging	293	(30)
Adebenga Adetola
Keith C. Norris
Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemia and Diabetic Ketoacidosis	323	(14)
Robert V. Hogikyan
Jeffrey B. Halter
Infectious Disease Emergencies	337	(20)
Shobita Rajagopalan
Deborah Moran
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage	357	(12)
Abbasi J. Akhtar
Neurological Emergencies	369	(16)
Michael E. Mahler
Psychiatric Emergencies	385	(14)
Indumathi Raghavan
L. Jaime Fitten
PART IV SPECIAL ISSUES OF AGING
Acute Vision Impairment or Loss	399	(36)
Charles Wesley Flowers, Jr.
Glenville A. March, Jr.
Hypothermia and Hyperthermia	435	(16)
Arnel M. Joaquin
Diagnosis and Treatment of Abuse and Neglect in the Emergency Department	451	(10)
Cheryl E. Woodson
Acute Hospital Care: Future Directions	461	(26)
Robert M. Palmer
Index	487