Objectives A significant proportion of geriatric patients experience suboptimal outcomes
following episodes of emergency department (ED) care. Risk stratification screening …

Background older adults are frequent users of emergency services and demonstrate high
rates of adverse outcomes following emergency care. Objective to perform a systematic …

Background: Older patients experience high rates of adverse outcomes after an emergency
department (ED) visit. Early identification of those at high risk could guide preventive …

The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate the predictive validity of the
Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) Tool in identifying elderly patients at risk of adverse …

Objectives Identifying older emergency department (ED) patients with clinical features
associated with adverse postdischarge outcomes may lead to improved clinical reasoning …

Background: The elderly patient admitted to the emergency department (ED) of an acute
care hospital is at risk of declining functionally, both during the stay at the hospital as an …

Older patients in the emergency department (ED) are a vulnerable population who are at a
higher risk of functional decline and hospital reattendance subsequent to an ED visit, and …

Objectives To compare the prognostic value of four screening instruments used to detect the
risk for poor outcomes [in terms of likelihood of recurrent emergency department (ED) visits …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We test predictive validity, interrater reliability, and diagnostic accuracy
of the Emergency Severity Index in older emergency department (ED) patients and identify …

BACKGROUND Urgency triage in the emergency department (ED) is important for early
identification of potentially lethal conditions and extensive resource utilization. However, in …