Acute Emergencies and Critical Care of the Geriatric Patient

This incisive reference systematically reviews the diagnosis and treatment of common surgical and medical emergencies in elderly patients-thoroughly examining surgical interventions, drug therapies and drug prescribing protocols, life-threatening drug reactions, ethical issues, and methods of profiling patients for nursing care.
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Auteur

Thomas T. Yoshikawa and Dean C. Norman

Contenu

Preface, Contributors, PART I: PRINCIPLES OF GERIATRIC CRITICAL CARE, PART II: SURGICAL EMERGENCIES, PART III: MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, PART IV: SPECIAL ISSUES OF AGING, Index