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Guidelines for Adult Patients Intravenous PCA Orders

www.meddean.luc.edu

For elderly patients over 70 years old and severely compromised patients, decrease the initial bolus and infusion rate by 25-30%. • For severe pain and opioid tolerant patients, do not use 4 hour limit. Basal/Continuous Infusion Rate: This may be necessary for severe pain, opioid tolerant patients, or those patients

Patients, Elderly, Elderly patients

Peri-Operative Pain Management Page 1 of 21

www.mdanderson.org

Elderly and/or organ dysfunction: Use additional caution when converting opioids in elderly patients (65 years and older), and/or patients with hepatic, renal, or pulmonary dysfunction. Codeine, morphine, hydromorphone, and oxycodone should be used with caution in patients with decreased renal function.

Patients, Management, Operative, Pain, Elderly, Elderly patients, Operative pain management

biological heart valves2 - Labcor

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390 A. Ciubotaru et al.: Biological heart valves DE GRUYTER severa! reasons. Elderly patients represent a continu ously increasing proportion of patients undergoing valve replacement. theAlso, continuous technological develop

Earth, Patients, Biological, Elderly, Biological heart valves2, Valves2, Elderly patients

Sunoion Support

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4 Sunovion Support® PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRA Important Safety Information and indications for LATUDA INCREASED MORTALITY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA-RELATED PSYCHOSIS; AND …

Patients, Support, Elderly, Sunoion support, Sunoion, Elderly patients

Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS)

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The Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS) is a 20 point validated assessment tool for the assessment of frail elderly subjects (Smith 1994). EMS is an ordinal scale measurement. Appropriateness This test is appropriate for elderly patients in a hospital setting (Prosser and Canby 1997, Smith 1994)

Patients, Mobility, Elderly, Elderly patients, Elderly mobility