Geriatric emergencies /

Murdoch, Iona, 1984-

Geriatric emergencies / Iona Murdoch [and four others]. - 1 online resource (295 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.

9781118655672 (e-book)


Medical emergencies.
Critical care medicine.
Geriatrics.


Electronic books.

RC86.7 / .M87 2015eb

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