Geriatric emergencies /
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Group Author: | ; ; ; |
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Wiley-Blackwell,
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Publisher Address: | Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : |
Publication Dates: | 2015. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118655641 |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781118655665 (ePub) 1118655664 (ePub) 9781118655672 (Adobe PDF) 1118655672 (Adobe PDF) 9781118655641 1118655648 |
Index Number: | RC86 |
CLC: | R459.7 |
Contents: | Introduction to geriatric emergency medicine -- Essentials of assessment and management in geriatric emergency medicine -- Special skills in geriatric emergency medicine -- Vulnerable adults and elder abuse -- Chest pain and atrial fibrillation -- Dyspnoea -- Infection and sepsis -- Falls and immobility -- Syncope -- Dizziness -- Major trauma -- Fractures and back pain -- Skin trauma -- Head injury -- Abdominal emergencies -- Diabetic and environmental emergencies -- Acute kidney injury and metabolic emergencies -- Delirium -- Stroke and transient ischaemic attack. |