Figure 11.1 Confusion Assessment Method (CAM). Evaluation Once a patient has been diagnosed with delirium using the CAM, an evaluation to determine the possible underlying causes of the delirium starts…
Figure 9.1 Dix-Hallpike maneuver (right ear).[25] The patient is seated and positioned so that the head will extend over the top edge of the table when supine. The head is…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 23 Serious infections in the elderly David Alain Wohl, MD, and David van Duin, MD Reichel’s Care of the Elderly, 7th Edition, ed. Jan Busby-Whitehead…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 22 Gastrointestinal disease in the elderly Karen E. Hall, MD, PhD Reichel’s Care of the Elderly, 7th Edition, ed. Jan Busby-Whitehead et al. Published by…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 20 Unhealthy substance use in older adults Alison A. Moore, MD, MPH, Lucia Loredana Dattoma, MD, Aaron Kaufman, MD, and Alexis N. Kuerbis, LCSW, PhD…
Figure 21.1 PE diagnosis algorithm. Treatment Anticoagulation is the mainstay of treatment and results in a decrease in mortality.[58] Parenteral anticoagulation should be initiated after diagnosis is made. At one…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 19 Clinical geropsychiatry Susan W. Lehmann, MD, and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH Reichel’s Care of the Elderly, 7th Edition, ed. Jan Busby-Whitehead et al….
Figure 18.1 Hypothesized relationship between sleep apnea and the development of insomnia. The model illustrates that sleep apnea can cause daytime sleepiness, which in turn may relate to an individual…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 17 Movement disorders in the elderly Laura Scorr, MD, Mihai Cosmin Sandulescu, MD, and Tsao-Wei Liang, MD Reichel’s Care of the Elderly, 7th Edition, ed….
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 16 Prevention, diagnosis, and management of stroke and TIA in the elderly Ana C. G. Felix, MBBCh Reichel’s Care of the Elderly, 7th Edition, ed. Jan…
