Predicting risk of adverse drug reactions in older adults

AH Lavan, P Gallagher - Therapeutic advances in drug …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are common in older adults, with falls, orthostatic
hypotension, delirium, renal failure, gastrointestinal and intracranial bleeding being amongst …

Risk factors and screening instruments to predict adverse outcomes for undifferentiated older emergency department patients: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

CR Carpenter, E Shelton, S Fowler… - Academic …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives A significant proportion of geriatric patients experience suboptimal outcomes
following episodes of emergency department (ED) care. Risk stratification screening …

The risk of adverse outcomes in hospitalized older patients in relation to a frailty index based on a comprehensive geriatric assessment

SJ Evans, M Sayers, A Mitnitski, K Rockwood - Age and ageing, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background: prognostication for frail older adults is complex, especially when they become
seriously ill. Objectives: to test the measurement properties, especially the predictive validity …

Health outcomes and implementation barriers and facilitators of comprehensive geriatric assessment in community settings: a systematic integrative review …

G Sum, SO Nicholas, ZL Nai, YY Ding, WS Tan - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) addresses the bio-psycho-social
needs of older adults through multidimensional assessments and management …

[HTML][HTML] Which frailty scale for patients admitted via Emergency Department? A cohort study

ET Lewis, E Dent, H Alkhouri, J Kellett… - Archives of Gerontology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives To determine the prevalence of frailty in Emergency Departments (EDs); examine
the ability of frailty to predict poor outcomes post-discharge; and identify the most …

Concepts in practice: geriatric emergency departments

LT Southerland, AX Lo, K Biese, G Arendts… - Annals of emergency …, 2020 - Elsevier
In 2018, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) began accrediting facilities
as “geriatric emergency departments”(EDs) according to adherence to the …

Adverse outcomes in older adults attending emergency departments: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the Identification of Seniors At Risk (ISAR) screening …

R Galvin, Y Gilleit, E Wallace, G Cousins… - Age and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background older adults are frequent users of emergency services and demonstrate high
rates of adverse outcomes following emergency care. Objective to perform a systematic …

Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults

AE Stuck, S Iliffe - Bmj, 2011 - bmj.com
Care of older people differs from care of middle aged adults. Older people often have more
complex multisystem problems, are at increased risk for morbidity and mortality, and need …

Effectiveness of geriatric assessment and management in older cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MR Anwar, ST Yeretzian, AP Ayala… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Frailty and multimorbidity among older cancer patients affect treatment
tolerance and efficacy. Comprehensive geriatric assessment and management is …

Characteristics of older adults admitted to the emergency department (ED) and their risk factors for ED readmission based on comprehensive geriatric assessment: a …

M Deschodt, E Devriendt, M Sabbe, D Knockaert… - BMC geriatrics, 2015 - Springer
Background Patients aged 75 years and older represent 12% of the overall emergency
department (ED) population, and this proportion will increase over the next decades. Many …