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End-Of-Life Care In The Trauma Bay: Six Key Points, Louis Christie Dr
End-Of-Life Care In The Trauma Bay: Six Key Points, Louis Christie Dr
Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine
The dominant culture across North America, Europe and Australia has been characterized by workers in hospice and palliative care as ‘death denying’ or ‘death phobic’. The last two decades have seen a significant increase in the number of trauma patients with complex background co-morbidities due to advanced age. Effective end-of-life care in trauma requires physicians to begin careful, balanced and sensitive conversations encompassing goals of care and expectation-setting, in the trauma bay. These pointers will help the reader communicate the principles of these clinical decisions clearly to patients and their families.
Older Person Fracture Presentation And Management Including Tips For Pain Management, Timothy D W Arnold
Older Person Fracture Presentation And Management Including Tips For Pain Management, Timothy D W Arnold
Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Fractures in older adults occur in patients who commonly carry chronic, complex multi-system disease. Nuanced management for these injuries is required in this patient group to reduce mortality, morbidity and improve outcomes.