Health-Care Economics and the Impact of Aging on Rising Health-Care Costs

Mar 11, 2017 by in GERIATRICS Comments Off on Health-Care Economics and the Impact of Aging on Rising Health-Care Costs

Jay A. Yelon and Fred A. Luchette (eds.)Geriatric Trauma and Critical Care201410.1007/978-1-4614-8501-8_9 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 9. Health-Care Economics and the Impact of Aging on Rising Health-Care Costs Preston B. Rich1   and Sasha D. Adams2   (1)…

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Hematologic Changes with Aging

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Definition of bleeding:  Minor bleeding – any clinically overt sign of hemorrhage (including imaging) that is associated with a <5 g/dl decrease in the hemoglobin concentration or <15 % decrease…

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Immunologic

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Innate Macrophage  Reduced phagocytic activity  Reduced generation of nitric oxide  Reduced generation of superoxide Neutrophil  Reduced phagocytic activity  Reduced generation of superoxide Dendritic cells  Reduced pinocytosis and endocytosis activity  Reduced…

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Pulmonary Anatomy

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Stage Operative intervention Radiation Chemotherapy Stage I Surgical resection for cure Primary radiotherapy in patients not fit for operation with intent to cure  Stage II Surgical resection for cure Radiation…

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Cardiovascular Physiology

Mar 11, 2017 by in GERIATRICS Comments Off on Cardiovascular Physiology

Physiologic consequence of aging Clinical importance Impact on treatment and care Decreased intrinsic heart rate, maximal heart rate, and response to beta-adrenergic stimuli Reliance on stroke volume increase and ventricular…

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Skin, Soft Tissue, and Wound Healing in the Elderly

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Jay A. Yelon and Fred A. Luchette (eds.)Geriatric Trauma and Critical Care201410.1007/978-1-4614-8501-8_5 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 5. Skin, Soft Tissue, and Wound Healing in the Elderly David G. Greenhalgh1   (1) Department of Surgery, University…

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Ambiguous Genitalia

Mar 10, 2017 by in ENDOCRINOLOGY Comments Off on Ambiguous Genitalia

Fig. 19.1 Hormonal control of sexual differentiation By 7 weeks of pregnancy a fetus has a dual system—Wolffian ducts with the potential for the development of a male and Müllerian…

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Hypoglycemia in the Nondiabetic Patient

Mar 10, 2017 by in ENDOCRINOLOGY Comments Off on Hypoglycemia in the Nondiabetic Patient

Fig. 33.1 Decision tree for the diagnosis and workup of hypoglycemic disorders Seventy-Two Hour Fast The 72-h fast is prolonged withholding of food and caloric fluids until Whipple’s triad has…

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Hirsutism and Virilization

Mar 10, 2017 by in ENDOCRINOLOGY Comments Off on Hirsutism and Virilization

Age Adrenals Ovaries Others Prenatal/neonatal 46,XX CCAH: Maternal androgenizing tumors Maternal drugs Prepubertal 46,XX NCCAH Adrenal adenomas Adrenal carcinomas Adrenal hyperplasia 11β-HSD1 deficiency Androgen producing tumors (sex cord stromal; gonadoblastoma) …

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