Risk factors for delirium in older adults in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LOJ e Silva, MJ Berning, JA Stanich, DJ Gerberi… - Annals of emergency …, 2021 - Elsevier
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to identify risk factors for delirium in
geriatric patients in the emergency department and to identify emergency department (ED) …

Can we improve delirium prevention and treatment in the emergency department? A systematic review

S Lee, H Chen, S Hibino, D Miller… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background This systematic review was conducted to evaluate any interventions to prevent
incident delirium, or shorten the duration of prevalent delirium, in older adults presenting to …

[HTML][HTML] Emergency department care transitions for patients with cognitive impairment: a scoping review

CJ Gettel, JR Falvey, A Gifford, L Hoang… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives We aimed to describe emergency department (ED) care transition interventions
delivered to older adults with cognitive impairment, identify relevant patient-centered …

The clinical frailty scale predicts 1‐year mortality in emergency department patients aged 65 years and older

M Rueegg, SK Nissen, M Brabrand… - Academic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective To validate the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) for prediction of 1‐year all‐
cause mortality in the emergency department (ED) and compare its performance to the …

Barriers and facilitators to nursing delirium screening in older emergency patients: a qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework

D Eagles, WJ Cheung, T Avlijas, K Yadav… - Age and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background delirium is common in older emergency department (ED) patients, but vastly
under-recognised, in part due to lack of standardised screening processes. Understanding …

Moving the needle on fall prevention: a geriatric emergency care applied research (GEAR) network scoping review and consensus statement

N Hammouda, CR Carpenter, WW Hung… - Academic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Although falls are common, costly, and often preventable, emergency
department (ED)‐initiated fall screening and prevention efforts are rare. The Geriatric …

The Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) network approach: a protocol to advance stakeholder consensus and research priorities in geriatrics and …

U Hwang, C Carpenter, S Dresden, J Dussetschleger… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Increasingly, older adults are turning to emergency departments (EDs) to
address healthcare needs. To achieve these research demands, infrastructure is needed to …

Developing a set of emergency department performance measures to evaluate delirium care quality for older adults: a modified e-Delphi study

S Filiatreault, SA Kreindler, JM Grimshaw… - BMC Emergency …, 2024 - Springer
Background Older adults are at high risk of developing delirium in the emergency
department (ED); however, it is under-recognized in routine clinical care. Lack of detection …

Evaluating older adults with cognitive dysfunction: a qualitative study with emergency clinicians

AN Chary, N Castilla‐Ojo, C Joshi… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Evaluating older adults with cognitive dysfunction in emergency departments
(EDs) requires obtaining collateral information from sources other than the patient …

An outcome comparison between geriatric and nongeriatric emergency departments

CJ Gettel, U Hwang, AT Janke, C Rothenberg… - Annals of Emergency …, 2023 - Elsevier
Study objective We sought to describe diagnosis rates and compare common process
outcomes between geriatric emergency departments (EDs) and nongeriatric EDs …