An approach to the older patient in the emergency department.

A Perry, D Melady - Clinics in geriatric medicine, 2018 - europepmc.org
Older patients in the emergency department (ED) present unique diagnostic and therapeutic
challenges. The ED clinicians must simultaneously evaluate and treat older adults along …

Predicting hospital admission for older emergency department patients: Insights from machine learning

F Mowbray, M Zargoush, A Jones, K de Wit… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Emergency departments (ED) are a portal of entry into the hospital and are
uniquely positioned to influence the health care trajectories of older adults seeking medical …

Integrating the clinical frailty scale with emergency department triage systems for elder patients: A prospective study

CJ Ng, LT Chien, CH Huang, CH Chaou… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background This prospective study investigated whether integrating the Clinical Frailty
Scale (CFS) with a triage system would improve triage for older adult emergency department …

Does the definition of preventable emergency department visit matter? An empirical analysis using 20 million visits in Ontario and Alberta

T Lau, A Maltby, S Ali, V Moran… - Academic Emergency …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study had two objectives:(1) to estimate the prevalence of preventable
emergency department (ED) visits during the 2016–2020 time period among those living in …

[HTML][HTML] Validity of the Korean triage and acuity scale in older patients compared to the adult group

HS Chung, M Namgung, DH Lee, YH Choi… - Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction While many patients visit the emergency department (ED) for various reasons,
medical resources are limited. Therefore, various triage scale systems have been used to …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of admission in adult unscheduled return visits to the emergency department

J Hayward, R Hagtvedt, W Ma, A Gauri… - Western Journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study of all 72-hour URVs in adults across 10
EDs in the Edmonton Zone (EZ) over a one-year period (January 1, 2015–December 31 …

[HTML][HTML] Using mobility status as a frailty indicator to improve the accuracy of a computerised five-level triage system among older patients in the emergency …

CY Chien, CH Chaou, CC Yeh, KH Hsu, SY Gao… - BMC Emergency …, 2022 - Springer
Background Owing to societal ageing, the number of older individuals visiting emergency
departments (EDs) has increased in recent years. For this patient population, accurate triage …

Frailty and adverse outcomes in older adults being discharged from the emergency department: A prospective cohort study

J Afilalo, S Mottillo, X Xue, A Colacone… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
BackgroundA growing number of frail older adults are treated in the emergency department
(ED) and discharged home. There is an unmet need to identify older adults that are …

[HTML][HTML] Revising Vital Signs Criteria for Accurate Triage of Older Adults in the Emergency Department

YC Su, CY Chien, CH Chaou, KH Hsu… - … Journal of General …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Revising Vital Signs Criteria for Accurate Triage of Older Adults in the Emergency Department
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An exploratory investigation of the measurement of cognitive load on shift: application of cognitive load theory in emergency medicine

KM Vella, AK Hall, JJG van Merrienboer… - AEM Education and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Emergency physicians often experience a high cognitive load (CL) due to the
inherent nature of working in acute care settings. CL has traditionally been measured in …