Preface; Part I. General Principles: 1. Overview of geriatric emergency medicine Jolion McGreevy and Joseph H. Kahn; 2. The geriatric emergency department Mark Rosenberg and Lynne Rosenberg; 3. General approach to the geriatric patient Suzanne Michelle Rhodes and Arthur B. Sanders; 4. Resuscitation of the elderly Aneesh T. Narang and Rishi Sikka; 5. Pharmacology in the elderly Michelle Blanda; 6. Generalized weakness in the elderly (Mary) Colleen Bhalla; 7. Management of trauma in the elderly Deborah R. Wong and Todd C. Rothenhaus; 8. Pain management in the elderly Ula Hwang and Timothy Platts-Mills; Part II. Common High-Risk Presentations in the Elderly: 9. Chest pain in the elderly Joseph R. Pare and Jeffrey I. Schneider; 10. Dyspnea in the elderly Denise Law and Ron Medzon; 11. Abdominal pain in the elderly Joseph P. Martinez and Amal Mattu; 12. Altered mental status in the elderly Scott T. Wilber and Jin H. Han; 13. Syncope in the elderly Teresita M. Hogan and Lindsay Jin; 14. Dizziness in the elderly Jonathan A. Edlow and David E. Newman-Toker; 15. Headache in the elderly Jolion McGreevy and Kerry K. McCabe; 16. Back pain in the elderly Keli M. Kwok; Part III. Systems: 17. Eye, ear, nose and throat emergencies in the elderly Kara Iskyan Geren; 18. Neurological emergencies in the elderly Lauren M. Nentwich; 19. Pulmonary emergencies in the elderly Thomas Perera; 20. Cardiovascular emergencies in the elderly Aileen McCabe and Abel Wakai; 21. Gastrointestinal emergencies in the elderly Maura Dickinson and Megan M. Leo; 22. Genitourinary and gynecologic emergencies in the elderly Marianne Haughey; 23. Rheumatologic and orthopedic emergencies in the elderly Peter J. Gruber and Chris Chauhan; 24. Infectious diseases in the elderly Robert S. Anderson, Jr and Stephen Y. Liang; 25. Hematologic/oncologic emergencies Michael P. Jones; 26. Psychiatric emergencies in the elderly Joanna Piechniczek-Buczek; 27. Metabolic and endocrine emergencies in the elderly Kristine Samson and Dany Elsayegh; Part IV. Special Topics: 28. Alternative geriatric care and quality metrics Mary E. Tanski and Jesse M. Pines; 29. Functional assessment of the elderly Kirk A. Stiffler; 30. Palliative and end-of-life care in the elderly Paul L. DeSandre and Karen M. May; 31. Social services and case management Ravi K. Murthy and Morsal R. Tahouni; 32. Falls and fall prevention in the elderly Christopher Carpenter; 33. Financial issues in geriatric emergency care Brendan G. Magauran, Jr; 34. Elder mistreatment Judith A. Linden and Jonathan S. Olshaker; Index.