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By
Amal Mattu, MD
Included in series
The Clinics: Internal Medicine,
Description
Older adults are living longer due to gains in social condition and medical care with the greatest increases in numbers being the oldest
old. The frail elderly face and present to practitioners complex medical, physical, and social issues. The "oldest of the old" adults
are more acutely ill and require more complicated care. Topics in this issue discuss the most frequently presented problems of the elderly
in emergency care: Abdominal pain, Chest pain, Syncope, Falls, Infections, Hypertension, and Polypharmaceutical issues.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 240 pages, publication date: MAY-2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-4288-4
ISBN-10: 1-4160-4288-1
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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