TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weber,Pavel
TI  - Elderly Patients with Multi-Morbidity, Frailty and Geriatric Syndromes: Therapeutic Problem of Contemporary and Incoming Medicine at Intensive Care Unit (ICU) from the Geriatrician’s Viewpoint*
T2  - Aging Issues, Health and Financial Alternatives
SN  - 9781617616501
AV  - RC952.5 -- .W43 2011eb 
U1  - 618.97 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Hauppauge
PB  - Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
KW  - Older people -- Diseases
KW  - Aging -- Physiological aspects
KW  - Comorbidity
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH MULTI-MORBIDITY, FRAILTY AND GERIATRIC SYNDROMES: THERAPEUTIC PROBLEM OF CONTEMPORARY AND INCOMING MEDICINE AT INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) FROM THE GERIATRICIAN'S VIEWPOINT -- ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH MULTI-MORBIDITY, FRAILTY AND GERIATRIC SYNDROMES: THERAPEUTIC PROBLEM OF CONTEMPORARY AND INCOMING MEDICINE AT INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) FROM THE GERIATRICIAN'S VIEWPOINT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1  INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2  CLINICAL GERONTOLOGY AND COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT  (CGA) -- Chapter 3  GERIATRIC PATIENT - PARTICULARITIES -- Chapter 4  BIOLOGY OF AGEING -- Chapter 5  DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY AND FUTURAL  WORLD POPULATION -- Chapter 6  CHARACTERISTICS OF AGEING -- Chapter 7  SOME SPECIFICS OF GERIATRIC MEDICINE -- Chapter 8  IATROGENIA VERSUS POLYPHARMACY -- Chapter 9  PROBLEMS AND COMPLICATIONS  OF POLYPHARMACY -- Chapter 10  MULTI-MORBIDITY IN OLD AGE AND ITS RELATIONS -- Chapter 11  ORGAN SYSTEMS IN OLD AGE AND THEIR SPECIFICS -- THE COMPOSITION OF THE ORGANISM AND HOMEOSTASIS -- THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM -- THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM -- THE GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT -- THE UROPOETIC SYSTEM -- THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM -- THE IMMUNE SYSTEM -- THE MUSCULOSCELETAL SYSTEM -- THE VISUAL DISTURBANCES -- THE HEARING IMPAIRMENTS -- Chapter 12  DEHYDRATION - WATER, NATRIUM AND POTASSIUM DISTURBANCES IN THE ELDERLY -- DEHYDRATION -- Isotonic Dehydration -- Hypotonic Dehydration -- Hypertonic Dehydration -- HYPERHYDRATION -- Isotonic Hyperhydration -- Hypotonic Hyperhydration -- Hypertonic Hyperhydration -- NATRIUM -- HYPONATREMIA -- HYPERNATREMIA -- POTASSIUM -- HYPOKALEMIA -- HYPERKALEMIA -- Chapter 13  DELIRIUM -- EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ETIOLOGY -- SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS -- DIAGNOSIS -- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS -- Complications -- Prognosis and Treatment -- A. Non-Specific Proceedings -- B. Specific Treatment; Chapter 14  THERMOREGULATORY DISORDERS -- EFFECTOR MECHANISMS OF THERMOREGULATION -- HYPOTHERMIA -- Risk Factors for Hypothermia in the Elderly -- Etiology -- Symptoms and Signs -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Prevention -- HYPERTHERMIA -- HEAT EXHAUSTION -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- HEAT STROKE -- Etiology -- Pathophysiology -- Symptoms and Signs -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Prevention -- Chapter 15  CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
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