[eBook Code] Geriatric Emergencies (eBook Code, 1st)

List of Contributors vii

1 General assessment of the elderly patient 1
Alison Southern & Scott Wilber

2 Physiologic changes with aging 13
Kate D. Zimmerman & Robert S. Anderson, Jr.

3 Functional assessment of the elderly 28
Kirk A. Stiffler

4 Pharmacological issues in the elderly 43
Ruben Olmedo & Denise Nassisi

5 Altered mental status in the elderly 58
Josh Joseph & Maura Kennedy

6 Geriatric psychiatric emergencies 71
Josh Joseph & Maura Kennedy

7 Acute abdominal pain in the elderly: Surgical causes 83
Katren Tyler & Maura Kennedy

8 Nonsurgical abdominal pain in the elderly 99
Katren Tyler & Maura Kennedy

9 Back pain 110
Nicholas Santavicca & Michael E. Winters

10 Headache 123
Benjamin W. Friedman & Rebecca Nerenberg

11 Dyspnea in the elderly 139
Mercedes Torres & Siamak Moayedi

12 Acute chest pain in the geriatric patient 152
Marianne Haughey

13 Acute cardiac disease in elder patients 168
Susanne DeMeester

14 Syncope in Geriatrics 191
Timothy C Peck, Nissa J Ali & Shamai A Grossman

15 Stroke 203
Julie Watkins-Torrey, Roxanna Sadri & Kama Guluma

16 Infections 218
Jason Ondrejka & Scott Wilber

17 Dizziness and vertigo in the geriatric population 234
Jonathan Edlow & Alessandro Cancelliere

18 Weakness and functional decline 252
Colleen M McQuown

19 Emergency department evaluation of falls in the elderly 264
Tania D. Strout & Robert S. Anderson

20 Trauma in the geriatric patient 280
Christopher R. Carpenter & Peter L. Rosen

21 Surgical considerations in the elderly 304
Charles W. O’Connell, Davut Savaser & Colleen Campbell

22 Oncologic emergencies 321
Gabriel Wardi, Alexander Bromfield & Leslie C. Oyama

23 Elder abuse and neglect 351
Michael C. Bond & Kenneth H. Butler

24 Geriatric emergency pain management case 363
Teresita M Hogan & Alexandra Wong

25 Ethical issues and end-of-life care 386
Phillip D. Magidson & Jon Mark Hirshon

26 Geriatric dispositions and transitions of care 394
Barbara Morano, Carmen Morano, Kevin Biese, Eric A. Coleman & Ula Hwang

27 The geriatric ED, 407
Phillip D. Magidson, John G. Schumacher & Elizabeth A. Couser

Index 417