List of Contributors, vii 1 General assessment of the elderly patient, 1 Alison Southern & Scott Wilber 2 Physiologic changes with aging, 13 Kate D. Zimmerman & Robert S. Anderson, Jr. 3 Functional assessment of the elderly, 28 Kirk A. Stiffler 4 Pharmacological issues in the elderly, 43 Ruben Olmedo & Denise Nassisi 5 Altered mental status in the elderly, 58 Josh Joseph & Maura Kennedy 6 Geriatric psychiatric emergencies, 71 Josh Joseph & Maura Kennedy 7 Acute abdominal pain in the elderly: Surgical causes, 83 Katren Tyler & Maura Kennedy 8 Nonsurgical abdominal pain in the elderly, 99 Katren Tyler & Maura Kennedy 9 Back pain, 110 Nicholas Santavicca & Michael E. Winters 10 Headache, 123 Benjamin W. Friedman & Rebecca Nerenberg 11 Dyspnea in the elderly, 139 Mercedes Torres & Siamak Moayedi 12 Acute chest pain in the geriatric patient, 152 Marianne Haughey 13 Acute cardiac disease in elder patients, 168 Susanne DeMeester 14 Syncope in Geriatrics, 191 Timothy C Peck, Nissa J Ali & Shamai A Grossman 15 Stroke, 203 Julie Watkins-Torrey, Roxanna Sadri & Kama Guluma 16 Infections, 218 Jason Ondrejka & Scott Wilber 17 Dizziness and vertigo in the geriatric population, 234 Jonathan Edlow & Alessandro Cancelliere 18 Weakness and functional decline, 252 Colleen M McQuown 19 Emergency department evaluation of falls in the elderly, 264 Tania D. Strout & Robert S.
Anderson 20 Trauma in the geriatric patient, 280 Christopher R. Carpenter & Peter L. Rosen 21 Surgical considerations in the elderly, 304 Charles W. O'Connell, Davut Savaser & Colleen Campbell 22 Oncologic emergencies, 321 Gabriel Wardi, Alexander Bromfield & Leslie C. Oyama 23 Elder abuse and neglect, 351 Michael C. Bond & Kenneth H. Butler 24 Geriatric emergency pain management case, 363 Teresita M Hogan & Alexandra Wong 25 Ethical issues and end-of-life care, 386 Phillip D. Magidson & Jon Mark Hirshon 26 Geriatric dispositions and transitions of care, 394 Barbara Morano, Carmen Morano, Kevin Biese, Eric A.
Coleman & Ula Hwang 27 The geriatric ED, 407 Phillip D. Magidson, John G. Schumacher & Elizabeth A. Couser Index, 417.