Reviews the diagnosis and treatment of common surgical and medical emergencies in elderly patients. This book examines surgical interventions, drug therapies and drug prescribing protocols, life-threatening drug reactions, ethical issues, and methods of profiling patients for nursing care. It is for geriatricians, internists, surgeons, and others.

Including over 1000 references, tables, and illustrations, "Acute Emergencies and Critical Care of the Geriatric Patient" is an indispensable resource for geriatricians, primary care physicians, internists, emergency medicine physicians, intensivists, hosptialists, surgeons, anesthesiologists, orthopedists, cardiologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, and internists/residents in these disciplines, as well as nurses, pharmacists, and medical students.

Principles of Geriatric Critical CareRelevance of Aging Issues in the Emergency DepartmentAnthony KingsleyEthics in Emergency Care of Critically Ill PatientsElizabeth L. Cobbs and Joanne LynnDrug Dosing and Life-Threatening Drug Reactions in the Critically Ill PatientFrances S. Wong and
Jay P. RhoAcute and Critical Nursing CareTerry Fulmer, Ellen Flaherty, Melissa M. Bottrell, Kathy Fletcher, and Mathy MezeySurgical EmergenciesEmergency Preoperative EvaluationEdward H. LivingstonEmergency AnesthesiaCalvin Johnson, Sharon Anita Ashley, and Stephen N. SteenTraumatic InjuriesArthur W. Fleming and Jo E. LinderCritical Care of the Hip Fracture PatientWilliam T. Long and Earl Warren BrienAcute Conditions
of the AbdomenDavid Vo and Samuel Eric WilsonAcute Vascular
EmergenciesJ. Dennis BakerMedical EmergenciesManagement of ShockMerlyn Asuncion and Vidya S. KaushikCardiac EmergenciesDonald D. Tresch and Indu PoornimaHypertensive CrisesRonald L. Fong and Keith C. NorrisAcute Respiratory FailureDarryl Y. SueAcute Renal FailureDean T. YamaguchiAlterations in Electrolytes and Acid-Base Homeostasis with AgingAdebenga Adetola and Keith C. NorrisHyperosmolar Hyperglycemia and Diabetic
KetoacidosisRobert V. Hogikyan and Jeffrey B. HalterInfectious Disease EmergenciesShobita Rajagopalan and Deborah MoranGastrointestinal HemorrhageAbbasi J. AkhtarNeurological EmergenciesMichael E. MahlerPsychiatric EmergenciesIndumathi Raghavan and L. Jaime FittenSpecial Issues of AgingAcute Vision
Impairment or LossCharles Wesley Flowers, Jr., and Glenville A. March, Jr.Hypothermia and HyperthermiaArnel M. JoaquinDiagnosis and Treatment of Abuse and Neglect in the Emergency
DepartmentCheryl E. WoodsonAcute Hospital Care: Future DirectionsRobert M. Palmer