Objective As part of the Geriatric Emergency Department (ED) Guidelines 2.0 project, we
conducted a systematic review to find risk factors or risk stratification approaches that can be …

Abstract Purpose of Review Emergency departments (EDs) are facing an epidemic of
overcrowding and ED boarding, particularly of older adults who often present with, or …

Background: Each year, thousands of older adults develop delirium, a serious, preventable
condition. At present, there is no well-validated method to identify patients with delirium …

Abstract Background In 2014, the Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) Guidelines were
published and endorsed by four major medical organizations. The multidisciplinary GED …

Disparities exist in the identification, treatment, and management of delirium. These
disparities can be most holistically and comprehensively understood by using a social …

Objetivo: Avaliar a associação de fatores precipitantes com a ocorrência de delirium em
idosos hospitalizados. Método: Estudo quantitativo, longitudinal, exploratório realizado em …

The scene is a crowded Emergency Department (ED) triage corridor lined up with patients
walking in or delivered by a queue of ambulances. Overcrowding in Emergency …

ED crowding and boarding adversely impact older patients' care and outcomes. Little is
known about how ED crowding impacts persons living with dementia, a vulnerable …

In this segment of the emergency department (ED) palliative care case series, we present a
patient who arrives to the ED after a fall resulting in a hip fracture. He is also found to have …

The progressive reduction of acute care beds will necessitate hospital admission in medical
settings solely for acutely ill patients requiring urgent organ support. Early stabilization of the …