Typical illness trajectories for people with progressive chronic illness [7] The Gold Standards Framework [8] has produced guidelines to support accurate identification of end of life in the population, and…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
© 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…
© 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…
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…
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 ↔…
