In this issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest editors Drs. Maura Kennedy and Shan Liu bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Geriatric Emergency Care. Top experts in the field cover critical topics or concepts in geriatric emergency medicine and topics for which there is new research, including guidance on “geriatricizing the ED and ED observation unit, caring for persons with dementia, and examining the intersection of DEI and care of an aging population.
Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including the aging process: physiologic changes and frailty; elder abuse and neglect: recognition and management in the emergency department; best practices in end of life and palliative care in the ED; falls and other trauma in the older adult; and more.
Provides in-depth clinical reviews on geriatric emergency care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xi 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xv 9. Assessing Physiologic Reserve and Frailty in the Older Emergency Department Patient: Should the Paradigm Change? - p. 475 10. Nonspecific Complaints in Older Emergency Department Patients - p. 491 11. Older Adult Falls in Emergency Medicine, 2023 Update - p. 503 12. Trauma (Excluding Falls) in the Older Adult - p. 519 13. Delirium and Delirium Prevention in the Emergency Department - p. 535 14. Elder Mistreatment: Emergency Department Recognition and Management - p. 553 15. Best Practices in End of Life and Palliative Care in the Emergency Department - p. 575 16. Optimizing the Care of Persons Living with Dementia in the Emergency Department - p. 599 17. Emergency Department Pain Management in the Older Adult - p. 619 18. Adverse Drug Event Prevention and Detection in Older Emergency Department Patients - p. 635 19. Developing a Geriatric Emergency Department: People, Processes, and Place - p. 647 20. Emergency Department-to-Community Transitions of Care: Best Practices for the Older Adult Population - p. 659 21. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Considerations in the Geriatric Emergency Department Patient - p. 673
In this issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest editors Drs. Maura Kennedy and Shan Liu bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Geriatric Emergency Care. Top experts in the field cover critical topics or concepts in geriatric emergency medicine and topics for which there is new research, including guidance on “geriatricizing the ED and ED observation unit, caring for persons with dementia, and examining the intersection of DEI and care of an aging population.
Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including the aging process: physiologic changes and frailty; elder abuse and neglect: recognition and management in the emergency department; best practices in end of life and palliative care in the ED; falls and other trauma in the older adult; and more.
Provides in-depth clinical reviews on geriatric emergency care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xi 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xv 9. Assessing Physiologic Reserve and Frailty in the Older Emergency Department Patient: Should the Paradigm Change? - p. 475 10. Nonspecific Complaints in Older Emergency Department Patients - p. 491 11. Older Adult Falls in Emergency Medicine, 2023 Update - p. 503 12. Trauma (Excluding Falls) in the Older Adult - p. 519 13. Delirium and Delirium Prevention in the Emergency Department - p. 535 14. Elder Mistreatment: Emergency Department Recognition and Management - p. 553 15. Best Practices in End of Life and Palliative Care in the Emergency Department - p. 575 16. Optimizing the Care of Persons Living with Dementia in the Emergency Department - p. 599 17. Emergency Department Pain Management in the Older Adult - p. 619 18. Adverse Drug Event Prevention and Detection in Older Emergency Department Patients - p. 635 19. Developing a Geriatric Emergency Department: People, Processes, and Place - p. 647 20. Emergency Department-to-Community Transitions of Care: Best Practices for the Older Adult Population - p. 659 21. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Considerations in the Geriatric Emergency Department Patient - p. 673
