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*.

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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