This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Robert Anderson, Phil Magidson and Danya Khoujah, focuses on Emergencies in the Older Adult. This is one of four issues each year selected by the series consulting editor, Dr. Amal Mattu. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Trends in Geriatric Emergency Medicine, Pharmacologic Considerations in Older Adults, Geriatric Trauma, Resuscitation of Older Adults, Acute Brain Failure, Chronic Brain Failure, Cardiopulmonary Emergencies, ACS in Older Adults, Abdominal Emergencies, Genitourinary Emergencies, Infections in Older Adults and Elder Abuse.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xii 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xv 9. Trends in Geriatric Emergency Medicine - p. 243 10. Geriatric Trauma - p. 257 11. Resuscitation of the Critically Ill Older Adult - p. 273 12. Rapid Fire: Acute Brain Failure in Older Emergency Department Patients - p. 287 13. Chronic Brain Failure - p. 307 14. Cardiopulmonary Emergencies in Older Adults - p. 323 15. Identification of Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Elderly - p. 339 16. Disaster Diagnoses in Geriatric Patients with Abdominal Pain - p. 347 17. Genitourinary Emergencies in Older Adults - p. 361 18. Infections in Older Adults - p. 379 19. Rapid Fire: Polypharmacy in the Geriatric Patient - p. 395 20. Elder Abuse—A Guide to Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department - p. 405 21. Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Language Pathology in the Emergency Department: Specialty Consult Services to Enhance the Care of Older Adults - p. 419 22. Applying Geriatric Principles to Transitions of Care in the Emergency Department - p. 429 23. Clinical Relevance and Considerations of Palliative Care in Older Adults - p. 443
This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Robert Anderson, Phil Magidson and Danya Khoujah, focuses on Emergencies in the Older Adult. This is one of four issues each year selected by the series consulting editor, Dr. Amal Mattu. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Trends in Geriatric Emergency Medicine, Pharmacologic Considerations in Older Adults, Geriatric Trauma, Resuscitation of Older Adults, Acute Brain Failure, Chronic Brain Failure, Cardiopulmonary Emergencies, ACS in Older Adults, Abdominal Emergencies, Genitourinary Emergencies, Infections in Older Adults and Elder Abuse.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xii 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xv 9. Trends in Geriatric Emergency Medicine - p. 243 10. Geriatric Trauma - p. 257 11. Resuscitation of the Critically Ill Older Adult - p. 273 12. Rapid Fire: Acute Brain Failure in Older Emergency Department Patients - p. 287 13. Chronic Brain Failure - p. 307 14. Cardiopulmonary Emergencies in Older Adults - p. 323 15. Identification of Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Elderly - p. 339 16. Disaster Diagnoses in Geriatric Patients with Abdominal Pain - p. 347 17. Genitourinary Emergencies in Older Adults - p. 361 18. Infections in Older Adults - p. 379 19. Rapid Fire: Polypharmacy in the Geriatric Patient - p. 395 20. Elder Abuse—A Guide to Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department - p. 405 21. Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Language Pathology in the Emergency Department: Specialty Consult Services to Enhance the Care of Older Adults - p. 419 22. Applying Geriatric Principles to Transitions of Care in the Emergency Department - p. 429 23. Clinical Relevance and Considerations of Palliative Care in Older Adults - p. 443
