This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine features expert clinical reviews on Geriatric Emergency Medicine which includes current information on topics such as palliative medicine and emergency care, alternative management strategies, transitions of care, the emergency department observation unit and the older patient, generalized weakness, altered mental status, trauma management, acute pain management, acute visual changes, orthopedic emergencies, dizziness, palpitations, acute stroke syndromes, abuse and neglect, and electrolyte and endocrine emergencies.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Contributors - p. 4 5. Forthcoming Issues - p. 5 6. Preface - p. 6 7. Palliative Medicine and Geriatric Emergency Care - p. 7 8. Evolving Prehospital, Emergency Department, and “Inpatient” Management Models for Geriatric Emergencies - p. 19 9. Transitions of Care for the Geriatric Patient in the Emergency Department - p. 29 10. Emergency Department Observation Units and the Older Patient - p. 37 11. Generalized Weakness in the Geriatric Emergency Department Patient - p. 47 12. Altered Mental Status in Older Patients in the Emergency Department - p. 52 13. Trauma in the Older Adult - p. 71 14. Acute Pain Management in Older Adults in the Emergency Department - p. 80 15. Acute Visual Changes in the Elderly - p. 87 16. Geriatric Dizziness - p. 96 17. Emergency Management of Palpitations in the Elderly - p. 108 18. Treating the Elderly Stroke Patient - p. 122 19. Elder Abuse and Neglect - p. 133 20. Acute Kidney Injury, Sodium Disorders, and Hypercalcemia in the Aging Kidney - p. 143 21. Index - p. 168
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This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine features expert clinical reviews on Geriatric Emergency Medicine which includes current information on topics such as palliative medicine and emergency care, alternative management strategies, transitions of care, the emergency department observation unit and the older patient, generalized weakness, altered mental status, trauma management, acute pain management, acute visual changes, orthopedic emergencies, dizziness, palpitations, acute stroke syndromes, abuse and neglect, and electrolyte and endocrine emergencies.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Contributors - p. 4 5. Forthcoming Issues - p. 5 6. Preface - p. 6 7. Palliative Medicine and Geriatric Emergency Care - p. 7 8. Evolving Prehospital, Emergency Department, and “Inpatient” Management Models for Geriatric Emergencies - p. 19 9. Transitions of Care for the Geriatric Patient in the Emergency Department - p. 29 10. Emergency Department Observation Units and the Older Patient - p. 37 11. Generalized Weakness in the Geriatric Emergency Department Patient - p. 47 12. Altered Mental Status in Older Patients in the Emergency Department - p. 52 13. Trauma in the Older Adult - p. 71 14. Acute Pain Management in Older Adults in the Emergency Department - p. 80 15. Acute Visual Changes in the Elderly - p. 87 16. Geriatric Dizziness - p. 96 17. Emergency Management of Palpitations in the Elderly - p. 108 18. Treating the Elderly Stroke Patient - p. 122 19. Elder Abuse and Neglect - p. 133 20. Acute Kidney Injury, Sodium Disorders, and Hypercalcemia in the Aging Kidney - p. 143 21. Index - p. 168
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