Geriatric emergencies /

Murdoch, Iona, 1984- ,

Geriatric emergencies / Iona Murdoch, Sarah Turpin, Bree Johnston, Alasdair MacLullich, Eve Losman. - xiii, 278 pages : illustrations.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781118655573 (cloth)

2014034303


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WB105 / M972g 2015