(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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

(1) Department of Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago, Chief of Surgical Services, Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans, Administration Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA…

and Joseph J. Stirparo1 (1) Chief Academic Officer, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Associate Dean for Educational Affairs, USF Morsani College of Medicine – Lehigh Valley, 1247 S. Cedar Crest Blvd, Suite 202,…