Cardiopulmonary Emergencies in Older Adults.


Journal

Emergency medicine clinics of North America
ISSN: 1558-0539
Titre abrégé: Emerg Med Clin North Am
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8219565

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
May 2021
Historique:
entrez: 17 4 2021
pubmed: 18 4 2021
medline: 28 4 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Older adults are susceptible to serious illnesses, including atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and pulmonary embolism. Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in this age group and can cause complications such as thromboembolic events and stroke. Congestive heart failure is the most common cause of hospital admission and readmission in the older adult population. Older adults are at higher risk for pulmonary embolism because of age-related changes and comorbidities. Pneumonia is also prevalent and is one of the leading causes of death.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33863462
pii: S0733-8627(21)00020-1
doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2021.01.010
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Anticoagulants 0

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

323-338

Informations de copyright

Published by Elsevier Inc.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Disclosure Statement The authors have nothing to disclose.

Auteurs

Rebecca Theophanous (R)

Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, Duke University Hospital, 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/rbectheo.

Wennie Huang (W)

Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, Duke University Hospital, 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/pharmd_aware.

Luna Ragsdale (L)

Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, Duke University Hospital, 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Emergency Department, Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: luna.ragsdale@va.gov.

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