Full Description
This book is focused on geriatric patients in critically ill conditions in the Emergency Room. Their percentage is very high, about 60% of the total percentage of patients, and the availability of intensive care admission is reduced for them as clearly shown during last Covid-19 pandemic. However, the modern approach is not yet able to stop the frailty cascade after hospitalization.
In this book authors offer an analysis to overcome this gap. The volume contains two main sections: in the first one, authors discuss recommendations and guidelines for setting organizations and treatment through different case reports of practical management of critically ill geriatric patients (especially patients treated with noninvasive ventilation). In the second part, they analyze the territorial networks that take charge of the older patients. Furthermore, a chapter will be reserved to a comparative investigation of the different types of hospital territorial integration in Europe. The book, written by renowned experts in their fields and by their teams, represents a new tool rich of suggestions for all those physicians involved in the management of this frail population.
Contents
Preface.- Part I.- Chapter 1 . Case report of elder patient treated with non-invasive ventilation in a hospital ward: setting description and role of a team.- Chapter 2. Case report of Acute elder patients in intensive care unit: analysis of the outcome and recommendation.- Chapter 3. Case report of older patients with delirium: clinical hospital pathway.- Chapter 4. Case report Acute respiratory failure in elderly: hospital management model.- Chapter 5. Case report of Older patients in the emergency room: discussion about recommendations and guidelines.- Chapter 6. A case report about indications to ICU admission in elderly patients: the role of the multidisciplinary team.- Chapter 7. A case report of palliative medicine in elderly patients: the role of the hospital organization.- Chapter 8. The clinical complexity of the elderly patients admitted to hospital: from multimorbidity to frailty evaluation. Case series.- Chapter 9. Older patients with pneumonia due to Covid disease: evaluation of complications.- Part II.- Chapter 10 . Case series about territorial network setting for the elderly patients with dementia.- Chapter 11. Integrated elderly home assistance after hospital discharge.- Chapter 12. Case report of patients in intermediate territorial settings .- Chapter 13. A case report about the role of family and case manager nurse.- Chapter 14. Hospital primary nursing and family medicine management of the older patients.- Chapter 15. The non - invasive ventilation at home: case report and recommendations.- Chapter 16. Analysis of health services integration projects proposed by the European Community.- Chapter 17. A new model of an emergency room for elderly patients.- Chapter 18. Conclusion.
