Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-19317-5 (ISBN)
This book discusses all important aspects of emergency medicine in older people, identifying the particular care needs of this population, which all too often remain unmet. The up-to-date and in-depth coverage will assist emergency physicians in identifying patients at risk for adverse outcomes, in conducting appropriate assessment,and in providing timely and adequate care. Particular attention is paid to the commonpitfalls in emergency management andmeans of avoiding them.
Between 1980 and 2013, the number of older patients in emergency departmentsworldwide doubled. Compared with younger patients, older people suffer from more comorbidities, a higher mortality rate, require more complex assessment and diagnostic testing, and tend to stay longer in the emergency department. This book, written by internationally recognized experts in emergency medicine and geriatrics, not only presents the state of the art in the care of this population but also underlines the increasing need for adequate training and development in the field.
Christian Nickel is an emergency physician at the Emergency Department of the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. He has a special interest in geriatric emergency care. Recently, he has been elected chair of the Geriatric Emergency Medicine Section of the European Society of Emergency Medicine (EUSEM). His main research focus is disease presentation and risk stratification of older Emergency Department patients. Abdelouahab Bellou is Professor of Therapeutics and Emergency Medicine, University of Rennes, France, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Quality and Safety, Administration and Leadership, International Emergency Medicine Fellowship (QuALIEF) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Teaching Hospital of Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He was also the co-founder and the former chair of the Section of Geriatric Emergency Medicine of the European Society for Emergency Medicine. Dr. Bellou has been committed to the advancement of emergency medicine for over 20 years. Having served as a former president of the European Society for Emergency Medicine, he has been a leader in the development of international emergency medicine.Dr. Bellou's consulting specialty areas include emergency medicine education, geriatric emergency medicine, ED operations improvement, ED design and layout, and disaster planning. He is an expert on implementing quality assurance and safety programs in the ED. He is also a basic science researcher working on the role of potassium voltage-dependant channels in vasodilatory shock.
1. Profiles of older patients in the emergency department.- 2. Triage of elderly patients.- 3. High-risk presentations in the elderly.- 4. Trauma in the elderly.- 5. Dementia and delirium.- 6. Comprehensive geriatric assessment.- 7. Detection of older people with increased risk of adverse health outcomes after an emergency visit.- 8. Interventions to improve outcomes for elderly patients discharged from the emergency department.- 9. Pathophysiology of severe sepsis in the elderly: clinical impact and therapeutic considerations.- 10. Drug-related problems in the elderly.
"Given the rapidly growing geriatric population presenting to the emergency department, a book like this is well timed, particularly because there are too few resources on this topic. This book fills this void and the authors succeed in writing a book that can be easily embraced by general emergency providers, but is nuanced enough to provide an in depth and thorough exploration of the subject." (Callie K. Schnitker, Doody's Book Reviews, September, 2018)
“Given the rapidly growing geriatric population presenting to the emergency department, a book like this is well timed, particularly because there are too few resources on this topic. This book fills this void and the authors succeed in writing a book that can be easily embraced by general emergency providers, but is nuanced enough to provide an in depth and thorough exploration of the subject.” (Callie K. Schnitker, Doody's Book Reviews, September, 2018)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.12.2017 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XI, 405 p. 25 illus., 16 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Intensivmedizin | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin | |
| Schlagworte | altered mental status • altered physiology • atypical disease presentation • cognitive status • Delirium • non-specific disease presentation |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-19317-1 / 3319193171 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-19317-5 / 9783319193175 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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