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[Lucke JA] Department of Emergency Medicine, Spaarne Gasthuis, Haarlem, The Netherlands. [Mooijaart SP] Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. [Heeren P] Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Academic Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Research Foundation Flanders, Brussels, Belgium. [Singler K] Department of Geriatrics, Klinikum Nürnberg, Paracelsus Private, Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany. Institute for Biomedicine of Ageing, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany. [McNamara R] Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. [Gilbert T] Department of Geriatric Medicine, Lyon-Sud University Hospital, Lyon, France. [Castejon S] Servei de Geriatria i Cures Pal·liatives, Hospital de Terrassa, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa
2023-05-25T11:07:38Z
2023-05-25T11:07:38Z
2022-04
Cures agudes; Medicina d'urgències; Geriatria
Cuidados agudos; Medicina de urgencias; Geriatría
Acute care; Emergency medicine; Geriatrics
Purpose: Despite the rapidly expanding knowledge in the field of Geriatric Emergency Medicine in Europe, widespread implementation of change is still lacking. Many opportunities in everyday clinical care are missed to improve care for this susceptible and growing patient group. The aim was to develop expert clinical recommendations on Geriatric Emergency Medicine to be disseminated across Europe. Methods: A group of multi-disciplinary experts in the field of Geriatric Emergency Medicine in Europe was assembled. Using a modified Delphi procedure, a prioritized list of topics related to Geriatric Emergency Medicine was created. Next, a multi-disciplinary group of nurses, geriatricians and emergency physicians performed a review of recent guidelines and literature to create recommendations. These recommendations were voted upon by a group of experts and placed on visually attractive posters. The expert group identified the following eight subject areas to develop expert recommendations on: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the Emergency Department (ED), age/frailty adjusted risk stratification, delirium and cognitive impairment, medication reviews in the ED for older adults, family involvement, ED environment, silver trauma, end of life care in the acute setting. Results: Eight posters with expert clinical recommendations on the most important topics in Geriatric Emergency Medicine are now available through https://posters.geriemeurope.eu/ . Conclusion: Expert clinical recommendations for Geriatric Emergency Medicine may help to improve care for older patients in the Emergency Department and are ready for dissemination across Europe.
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Geriatria; Urgències mèdiques, Serveis d'; HEALTH CARE::Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services::Health Facilities::Health Facility Administration::Hospital Administration::Hospital Departments::Emergency Service, Hospital; DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS::Health Occupations::Medicine::Geriatrics; ATENCIÓN DE SALUD::instalaciones, servicios y personal de asistencia sanitaria::centros sanitarios::administración de establecimientos sanitarios::administración hospitalaria::departamentos hospitalarios::servicio hospitalario de urgencias; DISCIPLINAS Y OCUPACIONES::profesiones sanitarias::medicina::geriatría
Springer
European Geriatric Medicine;13
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-021-00578-1
Attribution 4.0 International
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