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

Aging Comorbidity Older people Frail Elderly Geriatrics Intensive Care MEDICAL / Geriatrics MEDICAL / Nursing / Gerontology sähkökirjat
Nova Science
2011
EISBN 9781617616501
Clinical gerontology and comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA).
Geriatric patient particularities.
Biology of ageing.
Demographic analysis of contemporary and futural world population.
Characteristics of ageing.
Some specifics of geriatric medicine.
Iatrogenia versus polypharmacy.
Problems and complications of polypharmacy.
Multimorbidity in old age and its relations.
Dehydration : water, natrium, and potassium disturbances in the elderly organ systems in old age and their specifics.
Delirium.
Thermoregulatory disorders.
Geriatric patient particularities.
Biology of ageing.
Demographic analysis of contemporary and futural world population.
Characteristics of ageing.
Some specifics of geriatric medicine.
Iatrogenia versus polypharmacy.
Problems and complications of polypharmacy.
Multimorbidity in old age and its relations.
Dehydration : water, natrium, and potassium disturbances in the elderly organ systems in old age and their specifics.
Delirium.
Thermoregulatory disorders.
