Principles of geriatric critical care /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge medicine Cambridge medicine (Series) |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12734379 |
Table of Contents:
- Epidemiology of critical illness in the elderly
- Chronic critical illness in geriatric patients
- Principles of geriatric pharmacotherapy
- Respiratory critical care in the elderly
- Neurocognitive dysfunction and geriatric neurocritical care
- Geriatric cardiovascular critical care
- Nutritional and metabolic derangements in the critically ill elderly
- Electrolyte and renal disorders in the critically ill elderly
- Trauma and musculoskeletal system dysfunction in the critically ill elderly
- Immune response and infections in the elderly
- Transfusion therapy and common hematologic problems in the critically ill elderly
- Stress response to surgery in the elderly
- Perioperative care of geriatric patients at risk of developing critical illness
- Ethical issues: withdrawing, withholding, and futility
- Geriatric critical care units: model for interdisciplinary approach.
