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Geriatric Trauma and Critical Care by Jay A. Yelon, Fred A. Luchette, editors is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Geriatric Trauma and Critical Care about?

Geriatric Trauma and Critical Care provides a multidisciplinary overview of the assessment and management of the elderly patient presenting with surgical pathology. By utilizing current literature and evidence-based resources, the textbook elucidates the unique nature of caring for the elderly population. The structure of the volume provides the reader with an overview of the physiologic and psychological changes, as well as the impact on the healthcare system, associated with the aging process. Emphasis is placed on the impact of aging, pre-existing medical problems, effects of polypharmacy, advanced directives and end-of-life wishes on acute surgical problems, including trauma and surgical critical care. Special attention is given to the ethical implications of management of the aged. The multidisciplinary contributors provide a unique point of view not common to surgical texts. The textbook is the definitive resource for practicing surgeons, emergency medicine physicians, intensivists, anesthesiologists, hospitalists, geriatricians, as well as surgical residents, nurses and therapists, all who care for elderly patients with surgical emergencies.

Who reads Geriatric Trauma and Critical Care?

Author

Jay A. Yelon, Fred A. Luchette, editors

Publisher

Springer New York : Imprint : Springer

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781461485018

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Nursing, Medicine