Transitions of Care and Disposition
Type of cognitive bias What it means Example Triage cueing A predisposition towards a certain decision as a result of a judgement made by caregivers early in the patient care…
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Prescribing for Older Patients
Enzyme inhibitors Enzyme inducers Erythromycin, clarithromycin Carbamazepine Sulphonamides Phenytoin Ciprofloxacin Topiramate Fluconazole, miconazole, ketoconazole Clotrimazole Amiodarone Rifampicin Diltiazem, verapamil Dexamethasone Cimetidine Primidone Fluoxetine, paroxetine St. John’s wort One of the…
Management of Back Pain in Older Patients
Fig. 19.1 Management of LBP in older patients in the ED A better understanding of clinical manifestations of pain in the older patients, improved methods of assessment, and the use…
Depression in Acute Geriatric Care
‘Typical’ core symptoms • Pervasive and continuous low mood • Loss of interest and enjoyment • Reduced energy/increased fatiguability/tiredness after slight effort Other common symptoms • Reduced concentration and attention…
Nonspecific Disease Presentation: The Emergency Department Perspective
Fig. 8.1 Most common causes for nonspecific complaints. (Comparison of underlying conditions for NSCs in four different studies. The study of Nickel et al. and Bhalla et al. investigate causes…
Trauma in Older People
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2018Christian Nickel, Abdelouahab Bellou and Simon Conroy (eds.)Geriatric Emergency Medicinehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19318-2_11 11. Trauma in Older People Nicolas Bless1, 2 (1) Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 2, CH-4032 Basel, Switzerland (2) Department…
Syncope in Older People in the Emergency Department
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2018Christian Nickel, Abdelouahab Bellou and Simon Conroy (eds.)Geriatric Emergency Medicinehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19318-2_10 10. Syncope in Older People in the Emergency Department Nissa J. Ali1, 2 , Laure Joly3 and Shamai A. Grossman4, 5 (1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount…
Pitfalls in the Management of Older Patients in the Emergency Department
Genitourinary symptoms Dysuria, suprapubic pain or tenderness, frequency or urgency Pyuria >10 white blood cells (WBC)/mm3 per high-power field (HPF) Bacteriuria Urinary pathogen of ≥105 colony-forming units (cfu) per mL…
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the Emergency Department
Trial Population Intervention Team Readmission Hospitalisation Functional decline Admission to LTC Mortality CGA in the ED Miller [29] 65+ Geriatric case finding and liaison service: Geriatric nurse 3 m ↔…
