Efektivita intenzivní péče o seniory

• Main Author: Flégrová, Veronika
• Other Authors: Holmerová, Iva
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: Czech
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-326663

Title: Efficiency of Intensive Care of Seniors Senior patient is very fragile being, that often faces different illnesses and outgoing complications. In advanced age is senior's body already losing some defensive and compensational functions, which works good in adult age. Sometimes even clinical picture of current condition is not typical, in comparison with adult patient in productive age. Senior patients are troubled with hardly recognizable illnesses, hidden symptoms or more illnesses simultaneously. Beside this, there is complex impact on senior as a individuality, especially on his mental condition. Therefore is important to start recovery including rehabilitation, self-attendance training and optimization of social environment, in which will senior live after returning from hospital. In moment, when senior's basic living functions are seriously endangered, hospitalization on intensive care unit is required. Mostly it's intern care unit. In Czech Republic there is only one geriatric intensive care unit, which is situated in the Faculty Hospital in Hradec Králové, on Gerontology and Metabolism Clinic. The main objective of this diploma paper is to describe this unit's activities and approach. Other goals are to compare data and work achievements with other units of similar care, respectively...