Cardiovascular issues in older adults
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Leslie L Davis, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Patients who are 65 years and older make up nearly half of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and approximately 60% of the ICU hospital days in the United States.1 Cardiovascular (CV) conditions are commonly the first or second diagnosis on admission to the ICU. Furthermore, even if an elderly patient is not admitted for a CV condition, the physiologic stress of any acute illness challenges the heart, often producing structural or functional compromise. For example, acute ischemia or dysrhythmias may be the primary condition or a consequence of an initial physiologic insult.
Cardiovascular issues in older adults
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America
- Language: English
- Date: 2014
- Keywords
- Cardiovascular, Critical care, Elderly, Nursing care, Heart failure, Myocardial infarction, Hypertension