Geriatric Emergency Medicine, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Christina Shenvi, Brittany Ellis (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2025
Churchill Livingstone (Verlag)
9780443296987 (ISBN)

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In this issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. Christina Shenvi and Brittany Ellis bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Geriatric Emergency Medicine. Top experts discuss principles of geriatric ED care; ED workup of falls in older adults; evaluation of frailty in the ED; team-based/multi-disciplinary care in the ED; evaluation of head injury in the ED; acute pain management in older adults; and more.

Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including elder abuse; mental health emergencies in the elderly; capacity determinations; geri-specific aspects of pulmonary/respiratory emergencies; ED boarding and geriatric patients; deprescribing in the ED; and more
Provides in-depth clinical reviews on geriatric emergency medicine, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews

Strategies for Improving Clinical Care of Older Adults in the Emergency Department
Evaluation of Older Adults in the Emergency Department Following a Fall
Frailty-aware Care in the Emergency Department
Evaluation of Head Injury in the Emergency Department
Acute Pain Management for the Older Adult
Emergency Care for Persons Living with Dementia
Delirium Prevention and Management in Older Adults in the Emergency Department
Identification and Initial Resuscitation of Critically Unwell Older Patients in the Emergency Department
The Importance of Addressing Social Drivers of Health and Unmet Social Needs in Optimizing Geriatric Emergency Care
Mental Health of Older Adults in the Emergency Department
Capacity and Surrogate Decision-making in the Emergency Department
Geriatric-Specific Considerations in the Care of Older Adults with Pulmonary/ Respiratory Diseases
Boarding in the Emergency Department: Specific Harms to Older Adults and Strategies for Risk Mitigation
Team-based, Multidisciplinary Care in the Emergency Department

Erscheinungsdatum	14.05.2025
Reihe/Serie	The Clinics: Internal Medicine
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	490 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
ISBN-13	9780443296987 / 9780443296987
Zustand	Neuware