TY - JOUR
T1 - High yield research opportunities in geriatric emergency medicine
T2 - Prehospital care, delirium, adverse drug events, and falls
AU - Carpenter, Christopher R.
AU - Shah, Manish N.
AU - Hustey, Fredric M.
AU - Heard, Kennon
AU - Gerson, Lowell W.
AU - Miller, Douglas K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by a Washington University Goldfarb Patient Safety Award (C.R.C.), K23AG028942 (NIA Paul B. Beeson Career Development Award to M.N.S.), and K08DA020573 (National Institute On Drug Abuse to K.H.).
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Emergency services constitute crucial and frequently used safety nets for older persons, an emergency visit by a senior very often indicates high vulnerability for functional decline and death, and interventions via the emergency system have significant opportunities to change the clinical course of older patients who require its services. However, the evidence base for widespread employment of emergency system-based interventions is lacking. In this article, we review the evidence and offer crucial research questions to capitalize on the opportunity to optimize health trajectories of older persons seeking emergency care in four areas: prehospital care, delirium, adverse drug events, and falls.
AB - Emergency services constitute crucial and frequently used safety nets for older persons, an emergency visit by a senior very often indicates high vulnerability for functional decline and death, and interventions via the emergency system have significant opportunities to change the clinical course of older patients who require its services. However, the evidence base for widespread employment of emergency system-based interventions is lacking. In this article, we review the evidence and offer crucial research questions to capitalize on the opportunity to optimize health trajectories of older persons seeking emergency care in four areas: prehospital care, delirium, adverse drug events, and falls.
KW - Accidental falls
KW - Aged
KW - Delirium
KW - Drug toxicity
KW - Emergency medical services
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80051501219&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/gerona/glr040
DO - 10.1093/gerona/glr040
M3 - Article
C2 - 21498881
AN - SCOPUS:80051501219
SN - 1079-5006
VL - 66 A
SP - 775
EP - 783
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
IS - 7
ER -