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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461284903321

Autore

Weber Pavel

Titolo

Elderly patients with multi-morbidity, frailty, and geriatric syndromes [[electronic resource] ] : therapeutic problem of contemporary and incoming medicine  at intensive care unit (ICU) from the geriatrician's viewpoint / / Pavel Weber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science, c2011

ISBN

1-61761-650-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (92 p.)

Collana

Aging issues, health and financial alternatives

Disciplina

618.97

Soggetti

Older people - Diseases

Aging - Physiological aspects

Comorbidity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""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""; ""MULTI-MORBIDITY IN OLD AGE AND ITS RELATIONS""; ""ORGAN SYSTEMS IN OLD AGE AND THEIR SPECIFICS""; ""DEHYDRATION � WATER, NATRIUM AND POTASSIUM DISTURBANCES IN THE ELDERLY""

""DELIRIUM""""THERMOREGULATORY DISORDERS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""