Book contents
- Geriatric Emergency Medicine
- Geriatric Emergency Medicine
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 General principles
- 1 Overview of geriatric emergency medicine
- 2 The geriatric emergency department
- 3 General approach to the geriatric patient
- 4 Resuscitation of the elderly
- 5 Pharmacology in the elderly
- 6 Generalized weakness in the elderly
- 7 Management of trauma in the elderly
- 8 Pain management in the elderly
- Section 2 Common high-risk presentations in the elderly
- Section 3 Systems
- Section 4 Special topics
- Index
5 - Pharmacology in the elderly
from Section 1 - General principles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2014
- Geriatric Emergency Medicine
- Geriatric Emergency Medicine
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 General principles
- 1 Overview of geriatric emergency medicine
- 2 The geriatric emergency department
- 3 General approach to the geriatric patient
- 4 Resuscitation of the elderly
- 5 Pharmacology in the elderly
- 6 Generalized weakness in the elderly
- 7 Management of trauma in the elderly
- 8 Pain management in the elderly
- Section 2 Common high-risk presentations in the elderly
- Section 3 Systems
- Section 4 Special topics
- Index
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- Information
- Geriatric Emergency MedicinePrinciples and Practice, pp. 41 - 50Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014