TY - BOOK ID - 65498379 TI - Covid-19 Airway Management and Ventilation Strategy for Critically Ill Older Patients AU - Vargas, Nicola. AU - Esquinas, Antonio M. PY - 2020 SN - 3030556212 3030556204 PB - Springer International Publishing DB - UniCat KW - COVID-19 (Disease) KW - 2019-nCoV disease KW - 2019 novel coronavirus disease KW - Coronavirus disease-19 KW - Coronavirus disease 2019 KW - COVID-19 virus disease KW - Novel coronavirus disease, 2019 KW - SARS-CoV-2 disease KW - Coronavirus infections KW - Respiratory infections KW - Critical care medicine. KW - Geriatrics. KW - Emergency medicine. KW - Respiratory organs—Diseases. KW - Intensive / Critical Care Medicine. KW - Geriatrics/Gerontology. KW - Emergency Medicine. KW - Pneumology/Respiratory System. KW - Medicine, Emergency KW - Medicine KW - Critical care medicine KW - Disaster medicine KW - Medical emergencies KW - Gerontology KW - Older people KW - Intensive care KW - Intensive medicine KW - Emergency medicine KW - Intensive care units KW - Diseases KW - Health and hygiene KW - COVID-19 KW - Malalts en estat crític KW - Respiració artificial KW - Geriatria KW - Medicina KW - Anestèsia en geriatria KW - Cura de les persones grans KW - Infermeria geriàtrica KW - Malalties de les persones grans KW - Neurologia geriàtrica KW - Odontologia geriàtrica KW - Ortopèdia geriàtrica KW - Psiquiatria geriàtrica KW - Gerontologia KW - Reanimació respiratòria KW - Ventilació artificial KW - Ventilació mecànica (Terapèutica) KW - Ventilació pulmonar artificial KW - Ventilació pulmonar mecànica KW - Ventiloteràpia KW - Primers auxilis KW - Reanimació KW - Respiradors KW - Teràpia respiratòria KW - Asfíxia KW - Malalts KW - Medicina intensiva KW - Malalts terminals KW - COVID-19 (Malaltia) KW - Coronavirus 2019 (Malaltia) KW - Malaltia COVID-19 KW - Malaltia infecciosa per SARS-CoV-2 KW - Malaltia infecciosa per coronavirus KW - Malaltia per coronavirus 2019 KW - Malaltia respiratòria causada pel SARS-CoV-2 KW - Pneumònia de Wuhan KW - Infeccions per coronavirus KW - Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020 KW - -SARS-CoV-2 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65498379 AB - This book describes the issues and challenges that clinicians encountered in the management of older critically ill patients during the Covid-19 pandemic, and offers practical information on how to manage them. Older adults are more susceptible to complications such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a result of viral pneumonia. In addition, they often have multiple comorbidities and are commonly frail, which means their various organs and systems, such as the respiratory system, have reduced functional reserves. As such, older adults are less able to react to acute stressors. During the current Covid-19 pandemic, older adult patients' mortality is increased. Further, the infection and death rates of elderly people in nursing homes and health care institutions are high. Management of older adults with Covid is complicated. The reduced availability of beds may limit their access to ICU. Moreover, the prognosis may be poor, and airway management and ventilation strategies have to take into account various clinical and physiological characteristics specific to older patients. This book is addressed to all allied professionals involved in the management of older critically ill patients and presents information collected and practical lessons learned from the clinical daily management of this population during the pandemic. . ER -