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

Weber, Pavel.

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 [E-Book] - New York : Nova Science, 2011. - 1 online resource (viii, 82 pages) : illustrations - Aging issues, health and financial alternatives . - Aging issues, health and financial alternatives series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Older people--Diseases.
Aging--Physiological aspects.
Comorbidity.
Frail elderly.
Critical care medicine.
Aging--physiology
Frail Elderly
Geriatrics
Critical Care

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