Geriatric emergencies / Iona Murdoch, Special Registrar (ST3) Emergency Medicine East of England Deanery, Sarah Turpin, Specialty Registrar (ST4) Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine, Bree Johnston, Director of Palliative Care, St Joseph Hospital at PeaceHealth, Clinical Professor in Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, Alasdair MacLullich, Honorary Consultant in General and Geriatric Medicine, Royal infirmary of Edinburgh, Professor of Geriatric Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Eve Losman, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Health System.
| Author/creator | Murdoch, Iona, 1984- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley Blackwell, 2015. |
| Description | xiii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Turpin, Sarah, 1985- |
| Other author/creator | Johnston, Bree. |
| Other author/creator | MacLullich, Alasdair. |
| Other author/creator | Losman, Eve. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014034303 |
| ISBN | 9781118655573 (cloth) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |