Geriatric Emergency Medicine

Geriatric Emergency Medicine
(Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America)

Product Details

* Paperback: 240 pages
* Publisher: Saunders; 1st edition (April 28, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN: 1416036148

Anybody who has worked in emergency medicine for more than a few years has undoubtedly noticed a changing patient population: emergency department (ED) patients are getting older. The elderly represent the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, and it is clearly reflected in the patients presenting to the nations EDs and hospitals. The elderly currently constitute [15% of all ED patients, 40% of all ambulance arrivals to the ED, and almost 50% of all intensive care unit admissions. These patients tend to have greater comorbidities, they have more complicated workups, they utilize more laboratory and radiologic services, and they have longer lengths of stay in the ED and in the hospital than younger patients. Despite these more extensive workups, the rate of misdiagnoses, delayed diagnoses,
and ED bouncebacks among discharged elderly patients is higher. The resulting morbidity and mortality in this patient group is also much
higher than in younger patients with similar chief complaints.

TOC
Trends in Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Resuscitation of the Elderly
Geriatric Neurologic Emergencies
Altered Mental Status in Older Emergency Department Patients
Pulmonary Emergencies in the Elderly
Cardiovascular Emergencies in the Elderly
Abdominal Pain in the Elderly
Atraumatic Joint and Limb Pain in the Elderly
Trauma and Falls in the Elderly
Infectious Emergencies in the Elderly
Pharmacologic Issues in Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Psychiatric Emergencies in the Elderly Population
Elder Abuse


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