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ISBN 10: 1118655575
ISBN 13: 978-1118655573
Author: Iona Murdoch, Sarah Turpin, Bree Johnston, Alasdair MacLullich, Eve Losman
Geriatric Emergencies is a practical guide to the common conditions affecting older patients who present in an emergency to hospital or primary care.
Beginning with the essentials of history taking and clinical examination, the book covers a comprehensive range of emergencies, emphasizing the different management approaches which may be required in older patients. Common geriatric presentations such as falls, delirium and stroke, are explored in detail in addition to more diverse topics such as abdominal pain, major trauma and head injury. Ethical considerations such as advanced care planning, palliative care and capacity assessment are discussed with practical tips on communicating with patients and their relatives.
Geriatric Emergencies provides concise up-to-date guidance to the emergency management of the older patient. It is a recommended resource for all health professionals working in the acute environment, in which a large proportion of patients are aged over 65.
Geriatric Emergencies 1st Table of contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction to geriatric emergency medicine
Demographics
Emergency presentations
Frailty at the front door
Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)
Pathways in geriatric emergency care
References
Chapter 2: Essentials of assessment and management in geriatric emergency medicine
Introduction
Triage and initial assessment
Communication with older patients
Initial cognitive assessment
History of presenting complaint
Collateral history
Systematic enquiry
Social and functional history
Medications and polypharmacy
Examination
Investigations
Management
How to make a problem list
Discharging a patient from hospital
References
Chapter 3: Special skills in geriatric emergency medicine
Pain in the older patient
Palliative care in the acute setting
Decision-making capacity
Advance directives
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
Ceilings of care
Critical care referral
Take home messages
References
Chapter 4: Vulnerable adults and elder abuse
Introduction
History
Examination
Investigation
Management
Overview of an approach to patients where abuse is a concern
Take home messages
Useful links and resources
References
Chapter 5: Chest pain and atrial fibrillation
Part 1: Chest pain
History
Examination
Investigations
Management
Overview of an approach to a patient presenting with chest pain
Part 2: Atrial fibrillation
Initial assessment
History and examination
Investigations
Management
Further management
Take home messages
References
Chapter 6: Dyspnoea
Introduction
Definition
Background
Initial assessment
History
Asthma in older patients
COPD in older patients
Cardiac failure
Examination
Investigations
Management
Take home messages
References
Chapter 7: Infection and sepsis
Introduction
Background
Initial assessment
History
Examination
Investigations
Management
Take home messages
References
Chapter 8: Falls and immobility
Part 1: Falls
History
Examination
Investigations
Management
Specific management considerations in older patients
Part 2: Immobility
History
Examination
Investigations
Management
Take home messages
References
Chapter 9: Syncope
Introduction
History
Examination
Investigations
Management
Overview of an approach to a patient presenting with syncope
Take home messages
References
Chapter 10: Dizziness
Introduction
History
Examination
Investigations
Management
Criteria for admission of a dizzy patient
Take home messages
References
Chapter 11: Major trauma
Introduction
Definition
Background
Initial Approach
History
Investigations
General management
Secondary survey and tertiary survey
Rib fractures
Cervical spine injuries
Take home messages
References
Chapter 12: Fractures and back pain
Fractures
Back pain in the older adult
Take home messages
References
Chapter 13: Skin trauma
Introduction
Background
History and examination
Specific injuries
Burns
Take home messages
References
Chapter 14: Head injury
Introduction
Initial assessment
History
Examination
Investigations
Management
Take home messages
References
Chapter 15: Abdominal emergencies
Introduction
Background
Initial assessment
History
Examination
Investigations
Specific causes of abdominal pain in the older adult
Take home messages
References
Chapter 16: Diabetic and environmental emergencies
Part 1: Diabetic emergencies
Hypoglycaemia
Hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar syndrome
Part 2: Temperature homeostasis
Hypothermia
Hyperthermia and heat illness
Take home messages
References
Chapter 17: Acute kidney injury and metabolic emergencies
Acute kidney injury
Hyponatraemia
Hypernatraemia
Hypercalcaemia
Take home messages
Recommended resources
References
Chapter 18: Delirium
Introduction
History
Examination
Investigations
Management
Legislation and delirious patients
Prevention of delirium
Take home messages
References
Chapter 19: Stroke and transient ischaemic attack
Introduction
Initial assessment of patients with acute stroke in the ED
Examination
Investigations
Management
Intracranial haemorrhage
Take home messages
References
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