Assessment in geriatric trauma: What you need to knowRN, MSN, CEN Robert C. Knies Jr. clinical nurse specialist in Emergent CareKnies RC Jr (1996) Assessment in geriatric trauma: what you need to know. Int J Trauma Nurs 2: 85–91...
In addition, specialist recommendations regarding referral were coded for whether the case required no referral, a potential future referral, immediate referral to a specialist, to specialized geriatric assessment, to an allied health professional, or to a non-specialized community service. Finally, code...
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS).The GDS is another self-reported measure that is designed for older adults. The 15-question scale is a shortened version of the longer Geriatric Depression Scale-Long Form, which has 30 questions. The newer, shortened version can be completed in 5 to 7 minutes...
and physical needs such as mobility, hygiene, nutrition, and elimination is well-known by nurses as the fundamentals of care. Henderson already recognised fundamental nursing in relation to the fundamentals of care as ‘assisting people to do the things they would normally do for themselves if onl...
As closely HLA-matched graft is less likely to be recognized and rejected, HLA mismatching has a substantial impact on prolongation of graft survival. With the emergence of potent immunosuppressive agents that steadily improved the graft survival rates, the impact of HLA compatibility seems to be ...
in primary healthcare is well documented. Currently, none of these interventions have synthesized a patient-centered care approach for care for multimorbidity. The objective of this project is to determine the particular elements of patient-centered interventions and interventions for persons with ...
Over time, it is more widely accepted that frailty and fitness of older patients, rather than their age, should be considered in surgical decision making. The gold standard of frailty assessment is comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) which is best performed by geriatricians. In the past ...
Geriatric oncologyFrailtyG8 screening toolOLDER CANCER-PATIENTSELDERLY-PATIENTSFRAILTYTOOLRECOMMENDATIONStext>The demographic changes will result in an increasing number of older people with cancer. Aging is a very heterogeneous process. A tumor assessment and a patient assessment supplement each other to ...
Abstract Comorbidity is “any distinct additional clinical entity that has existed or that may occur during the clinical course of a patient that has the index disease under study”. It is related to, but distinct from other constructs such as multimorbidity, functional status, disability, allostati...
However, she acute admission to geriatric ward with suspicious chest xray warrent for more detail intensive investigation. Hypersensitive pneumonitis is a rare condition difficult to diagnosed. Early diagnosis will turmendously improve the outcome....