Doody’s Medical Reviews gave the first edition high marks, awarding it a 93.
This well-written book offers advice on acute care for the elderly in a straightforward fashion that makes use of structural components like numbering and hierarchical listings for each system. It is a great resource for doctors with advanced practice training to help them recognize, identify, diagnose, and create a plan of care for acute health concerns in geriatric and older patients.
-Tho Nguyen, DNP, MSN, RN
This evidence-based resource, the first of its type, has just been updated and gives NPs, PAs, and other advance practice providers the crucial clinical information they require to offer adult-gerontology acute care efficiently. The second edition provides extensive clinical updates on medications, pain management, sedation, nutritional treatment, clinical and screening criteria, and coverage of ten new disorders. It also analyzes further acid-base and neurological problems and describes the use of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), in addition to pertinent information about Covid-19. Step-by-step procedural films offer clear, in-depth instructions while newly developed case scenarios with questions reinforce knowledge. Clinicians now have a practical understanding of the billing process thanks to the addition of this section.
This system-based work discusses more than 100 prevalent conditions that healthcare professionals are likely to encounter in their acute care practice in a rapid reference manner. It offers expert insight into each condition, with contributions from NPs, PAs, and doctors, helping users to classify symptoms, be aware of the distinctive characteristics of disease symptoms and clusters, and find associated diagnoses. Additionally included in this practical text are procedural guidelines, therapy and illness management algorithms, discharge recommendations, and perioperative considerations. Throughout the text, there are numerous clinical updates and clinical scenarios that verify understanding and ability. Digital access is included with purchases for usage on the majority of mobile or computer devices.
What’s new in the Second Edition:
updated details on medications, pain management, moderate sedation, nutritional management, clinical guidelines, and screening recommendations
focuses on new issues
updated information about Covid-19 is provided.
includes more neurological and acid-base conditions
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is covered.
short case scenarios with questions are provided to help reinforce information.
Delivers NEW, step-by-step procedural films showing the installation of arterial lines, digital nerve blocks, and lumbar punctures. Addresses the fundamentals of billing
Key characteristics:
presents critical information in a quick-reference style for more than 100 acute care situations.
includes factors to be taken into account for preoperative, during surgery, and afterward management
provides recommendations for hospital discharge
distributes approximately 20 procedural recommendations, including those for bronchoscopy, ECMO, endotracheal intubation, and other procedures.
