Description
Book Synopsis* A practical handbook designed for easy referral whilst in the working environment with a focus on easily accessible clinical information. * Each chapter will contain algorithms and diagnostic pathways (where relevant and evidence based) that will be quick to find in the acute situation.
Table of ContentsPreface, vii
Acknowledgements, ix
List of Abbreviations, xi
1 Introduction to geriatric emergency medicine, 1
2 Essentials of assessment and management in geriatric emergency medicine, 9
3 Special skills in geriatric emergency medicine, 30
4 Vulnerable adults and elder abuse, 51
5 Chest pain and atrial fibrillation, 62
6 Dyspnoea, 85
7 Infection and sepsis, 100
8 Falls and immobility, 112
9 Syncope, 127
10 Dizziness, 137
11 Major trauma, 146
12 Fractures and back pain, 158
13 Skin trauma, 179
14 Head injury, 188
15 Abdominal emergencies, 200
16 Diabetic and environmental emergencies, 220
17 Acute kidney injury and metabolic emergencies, 230
18 Delirium, 242
19 Stroke and transient ischaemic attack, 256
Index, 273
