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Neonatal Network, 2002
AT ONE END OF THE NICU spectrum of patients is the acutely ill premature or term baby. This is the patient who requires the fast-paced and intellectually stimulating nursing care that often attracts NICU nurses to the specialty. At the other end of the spectrum is the chronically ill baby.
Martha Wilson, Jones +2 more
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AT ONE END OF THE NICU spectrum of patients is the acutely ill premature or term baby. This is the patient who requires the fast-paced and intellectually stimulating nursing care that often attracts NICU nurses to the specialty. At the other end of the spectrum is the chronically ill baby.
Martha Wilson, Jones +2 more
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Pharmacology in the Geriatric Patient
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2016The aging population of the United States creates pharmaceutical challenges for the practicing emergency physician. Polypharmacy, drug-drug and drug-disease interactions, and other pharmaceutical complications from the pathophysiologic changes associated with aging need to be recognized in order to optimize outcomes in the elderly. Effective strategies
Katherine Louise, Welker, Mark B, Mycyk
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Polypharmacy and the Geriatric Patient
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2007The older adult population is increasing and with it, the risk of polypharmacy. Multiple physicians treating one patient, increasing comorbidities, and an increase in the variety of drugs available contribute to the adverse effects of polypharmacy on the elderly patient.
Bryan D, Hayes +2 more
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Peritoneoscopy in Geriatric Patients*
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1974ABSTRACT: The results of peritoneoscopy in 119 patients of advanced age are described. The procedure permits thorough inspection of the entire abdominal cavity and, in association with guided biopsy, leads to early diagnosis in patients with suspected carcinoma, ill defined chronic liver disease or ascites of undetermined etiology ...
K, Anselm, R M, Gluckmann
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An Earmold for the Geriatric Patient
Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1977This article describes a rehabilitation innovation for the elderly hearing-impaired patient. To minimize the problem of lack of fine finger dexterity in the elderly, an earmold was designed with a small handle. A brief description of the design is provided. A case study describes the usefulness of this earmold.
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Anesthesia in the Geriatric Patient
Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 1985Geriatric anesthesia, or anesthesia in the aged, is no different from anesthesia in younger patients, except that it takes less and lasts longer. Both the anesthesiologist and the surgeon must treat the aged patient with care and gentleness. We must be ever aware that each vital system can be irreparably damaged by our slightest inattention to minute ...
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THE DISTURBED GERIATRIC PATIENT
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1964It is well known that the geriatric patient frequently becomes disturbed, upset, excited, quarrelsome and irritable. Consequently, he can and does become a serious management problem both inside and outside a psychiatric institution. Generally, tranquilizers are given to this kind of patient. However, most of the time the effects of such medication are
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Neurology of the Geriatric Patient
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 1988Owing to improvements in health care, more animals are living to advanced ages. Many abnormal neurologic conditions can affect these patients, but those most commonly associated with advancing years include degenerative, neoplastic, and idiopathic processes.
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