Don’t Miss Reversible “Dementia” in Your Emergency Department
Learn to spot idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH)—a rare reversible cause of dementia—in older ED patients with gait issues and frequent falls.
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Don’t Miss Reversible “Dementia” in Your Emergency Department
Learn to spot idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH)—a rare reversible cause of dementia—in older ED patients with gait issues and frequent falls. -
A Practical Guide to Diagnosing Delirium and Acute Cognitive Change in the ED
Delirium is often missed. Use the 4AT tool and DELIRIUMS mnemonic to improve geriatric outcomes and documentation. -
ACEP Accredits Geriatric Emergency Care for Emergency Departments
Emergency department providers across the nation recognize that, every shift, patients seem older. These observations are not...
A Practical Guide to Diagnosing Delirium and Acute Cognitive Change in the ED
Delirium is often missed. Use the 4AT tool and DELIRIUMS mnemonic to improve geriatric outcomes and documentation.
ACEP Accredits Geriatric Emergency Care for Emergency Departments
Emergency department providers across the nation recognize that, every shift, patients seem older. These observations are not…
CT Can Indicate Mortality Risk in Elderly with Trauma
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Opportunistic CT screening for osteopenia and sarcopenia in older adults with traumatic…
Senior-Friendly Emergency Departments Combine Care-Model Innovation With Local Adaptation
Health care systems worldwide are grappling with a 21st-century reality for emergency medicine: While we thought EM…
Routine Geriatric Consults Improve Elderly Trauma Care
Routine geriatric consults in older trauma patients are associated with improved outcomes, researchers report. Studies of older…
Invasive Strategy Best for Octogenarians with NSTEMI
An early invasive strategy provides better outcomes than a conservative strategy in octogenarians with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction…
Elderly Patients Want to Be in Control of Their Health Information
Elderly patients may be willing to let family members access their medical records and make decisions on…
Geriatric ED Boot Camp Offers Collaborative Onsite Educational Outreach Pilot
Are you aware that the Institute of Medicine estimates that health care systems require, on average, 17…