GERIATRIC TRAUMA AND CRITICAL CARE. 2ND EDITION

1. Changing Demographics of the American Population
2. Effect of Aging on Cardiac Function Plus Monitoring and Support
3. Pulmonary Anatomy
4. Renal Function in the Elderly
5. The Gastrointestinal Tract
6. Skin, Soft Tissue, and Wound Healing in the Elderly
7. Immunologic
8. Hematological Changes with Aging
9. Geriatric Psychology and the Injured Elderly
10. Frailty
11. Health-Care Economics and the Impact of Aging on Rising Health-Care Costs
12. Operative Risk Stratification of the Geriatric Patient
13. Appendicitis
14. Biliary
15. Diverticulitis
16. Intestinal Obstruction
17. Intestinal Hemorrhage in the Elderly
18. Acute Abdomen
19. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
20. Acute Vascular Insufficiency in the Elderly
21. Thoracic Diseases in the Elderly for Geriatric Trauma and Emergency Care
22. Prehospital Care
23. Epidemiology of Injury in the Elderly
24. Injury Prevention
25. Outcomes for Surgical Care in the Elderly
26. Geriatric Neurotrauma
27. Chest Wall Injury: In Geriatric Trauma and Emergency Care
28. Solid Organ Injury
29. Pelvic Fracture
30. Extremity Injury
31. Penetrating Injury in the Elderly
32. The Elderly Burn Patient
33. Geriatric Medicine
34. Critical Care Epidemiology and Outcomes/Resource Use in the Elderly
35. Cardiovascular/Invasive Monitoring
36. Pulmonary Critical Care and Mechanical Ventilation
37. Renal Replacement Therapy
38. Nutrition Support
39. Common Pharmacologic Issues
40. Nursing Consideration
41. Rehabilitation Concerns in Geriatric Trauma
42. End-of-Life Care
43. Ethics in Geriatric Trauma

With the expertise of an author panel of leading clinicians in the field of surgery, trauma, critical care and geriatrics the new edition of this text addresses the explosion in knowledge on the impact aging has on injury, acute illness and critical care management. The text covers the physiologic changes associated with aging, as well as the clinical assessment, stratification, and management of acute illness and injury. Furthermore, the new edition discusses the full spectrum of critical care management of the elderly.
Part I explores the impact of aging on health and the healthcare system. There will be detailed discussion on the physiologic effects of aging and the impact on clinical management. The management of common surgical emergencies in the elderly is addressed in Part II. Part III addresses the evaluation and management of trauma and injury. Finally, Part IV explores the specific challenges of critical care management, including end-of-life and ethics, in the geriatric population. Updated information, reflective of the expansive literature, is addressed in all sections. New to the second edition are chapters on prehospital care, burns, nursing concerns, and abdominal solid organ injury. Appropriate chapters will include case vignettes and clinical algorithms. All chapters include a bullet-point summary.
Geriatric Trauma and Critical Care, 2nd Edition will be of great value to trauma surgeons, acute care surgeons, critical care specialists, emergency medicine physicians, geriatricians, general surgeons, and trainees in surgery, critical care, and emergency medicine. Advanced practice nurses, critical care nurses, and physician assistants will also find this a useful and practical resource.

Features
• Extensively illustrated with figures, illustrations and photos
• The definitive resource for a wide scope of caregivers
• Multidisciplinary contributors provide a unique point of view

Authors
• Fred Luchette, MD, FACS, FCCM. Professor Department of Surgery Loyola Medicine
• Jay A. Yelon, DO. Surgery Northwell Health