Emergency department use by older adults: a literature review on trends, appropriateness, and consequences of unmet health care needs

A Gruneir, MJ Silver… - Medical Care Research …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Older adults use emergency departments (EDs) more than any other age group and are
more prone to subsequent adverse events. This article reviews the literature on ED use by …

The elderly in the emergency department: a critical review of problems and solutions

F Salvi, V Morichi, A Grilli, R Giorgi… - Internal and Emergency …, 2007 - Springer
The elderly are an ever increasing population in overcrowded emergency departments
(EDs) in many countries. They have multiple health problems and consume more time and …

Evolving prehospital, emergency department, and “inpatient” management models for geriatric emergencies

CR Carpenter, TF Platts-Mills - Clinics in geriatric medicine, 2013 - geriatric.theclinics.com
A historically unprecedented increase in the world's geriatric population over the next 4
decades will challenge prehospital emergency medical services, health care providers, and …

Clinical care of persons with dementia in the emergency department: a review of the literature and agenda for research

CK Clevenger, TA Chu, Z Yang… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The segment of older adults who present to the emergency department (ED) with cognitive
impairment ranges from 21% to 40%. Difficulties inherent in the chaotic ED setting combined …

Geriatric syndromes predict postdischarge outcomes among older emergency department patients: findings from the interRAI Multinational Emergency Department …

AP Costa, JP Hirdes, GA Heckman… - Academic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Identifying older emergency department (ED) patients with clinical features
associated with adverse postdischarge outcomes may lead to improved clinical reasoning …

[HTML][HTML] Malnutrition: a highly predictive risk factor of short-term mortality in elderly presenting to the emergency department

S Gentile, O Lacroix, AC Durand, E Cretel… - The Journal of nutrition …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objectives To identify independent risk factors of mortality among elderly patients in the 3
months after their visit (T3) to an emergency department (ED). Design Prospective cohort …

Research priorities for high‐quality geriatric emergency care: medication management, screening, and prevention and functional assessment

CR Carpenter, K Heard, S Wilber… - Academic …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18: 644–654© 2011 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Background: Geriatric adults represent an …

United States best practice guidelines for primary palliative care in the emergency department

AJ Loffredo, GK Chan, DH Wang, R Goett… - Annals of Emergency …, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing palliative care needs of emergency department (ED) patients in the United
States have motivated the development of ED primary palliative care principles. An expert …

[HTML][HTML] Physician and nurse acceptance of technicians to screen for geriatric syndromes in the emergency department

CR Carpenter, RT Griffey, S Stark… - Western Journal of …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods This was a single-center emergency department (ED) survey of physicians and
nurses after an 8-month project. Geriatric technicians were paid medical student research …

Geriatric education programs for emergency department professionals: A systematic review

G Hesselink, M Demirbas, MO Rikkert… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES To evaluate geriatric education programs for emergency department (ED)
professionals based on: content and teaching methods and learning outcome effects and …