Thoracic Diseases in the Elderly for Geriatric Trauma and Emergency Care
Fig. 21.1 Bronchoscopic removal of aspirated foreign body Complications associated with bronchoscopic foreign body removal occur in less than 10 % of patients and include bronchospasm, laryngospasm, pneumonia, pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and…
End-of-Life Care
(1) Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA Mary Condron Email: brasel@ohsu.edu Summary Because of the high mortality rate in elderly patients with unplanned ICU…
Renal Replacement Therapy
Increase in serum creatinine level (mg/dL) Multivariable OR (95 % CI) Area under ROC curve Increase in total cost 0.3 4.1(3.1–5.5) 0.84 $4886 0.5 6.5(5.0–8.5) 0.86 $7499 1.0 9.7(7.1–13.2) 0.84…
Diverticulitis
Fig. 15.1 Colonoscopy showing multiple diverticula (white arrows) without evidence of diverticulitis Complicated Diverticulitis In contrast to uncomplicated diverticulitis, patients with acute, complicated diverticulitis typically present with localized or generalized…
Intestinal Hemorrhage in the Elderly
Upper GI bleeding Peptic ulcer disease Gastritis Esophageal/gastric varices Mallory-Weiss tear Boerhaave’s syndrome Malignancy Lower GI bleeding Diverticulosis Angiodysplasia Malignancy Inflammatory bowel disease Ischemic colitis Infectious colitis Hemorrhoids Anal fissure…
Critical Care Epidemiology and Outcomes/Resource Use in the Elderly
Fig. 34.1 Growth in the elderly population in the USA (Source: Social Security Administration, Office of the Chief Actuary. Note: Projections based on intermediate assumptions of the 2003 Annual Report…
Epidemiology of Injury in the Elderly
Phases Host (individual) Agent (motor vehicle) Environment Pre-event (will event occur) Age, gender, medications, alcohol use, vision, fatigue, ambulatory aids/ability Speed, size, ability of driver, brakes Road design, crosswalk design…
Geriatric Medicine
The CFS was highly correlated (r = 0.80) with the full FI and much easier to apply. Each one-category increment of the scale significantly increased the medium-term risk of death…
Penetrating Injury in the Elderly
Fig. 31.1 Incidence of gunshot wounds stratified by age groups in 98,242 hospital admissions with gunshot injuries (Reference Lustenberger et al. [1]) Table 31.1 Intent of gunshot injury in the…