ReviewThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2011
High yield research opportunities in geriatric emergency medicine: prehospital care, delirium, adverse drug events, and falls.
Review in The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
44 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- GRADE-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Emergency Department Delirium Risk Stratification, Screening, and Brain Imaging in Older Patients With Suspected Delirium.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Guideline
- Emergency Department Programs to Support Medication Safety in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Delirium detection in the emergency department: A diagnostic accuracy meta-analysis of history, physical examination, laboratory tests, and screening instruments.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Can we improve delirium prevention and treatment in the emergency department? A systematic review.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022Pooled it
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- Emergency Department Interventions for Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2019Pooled it
- Predicting geriatric falls following an episode of emergency department care: a systematic review.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2014Pooled it
- Emergency Department Visit Outcomes of a Multicenter Randomized Trial of a Fall Prevention Intervention.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Trial
- GAPcare: The Geriatric Acute and Post-Acute Fall Prevention Intervention in the Emergency Department: Preliminary Data.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2020Trial
- Exploring Current Emergency Medical Services Approaches to Manage Agitated Older Adult Patients: An Analysis of Statewide Protocols.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Outcomes of Older Adults With Delirium Discharged From the Emergency Department.Annals of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Workshop-based training of pre-hospital emergency technicians for acute psychiatric patients: benefits and drawbacks.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Geriatric Emergency Medication Safety Recommendations (GEMS-Rx): Modified Delphi Development of a High-Risk Prescription List for Older Emergency Department Patients.Annals of emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Clin-STAR corner: Practice changing advances in prescribing for geriatric emergency department patients.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
- A Lethal Combination of Delirium and Overcrowding in the Emergency Department.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Challenges and opportunities in creating a deprescribing program in the emergency department: A qualitative study.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
- Moving the needle on fall prevention: A Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) Network scoping review and consensus statement.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2021Article
- Delirium Prevention, Detection, and Treatment in Emergency Medicine Settings: A Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) Network Scoping Review and Consensus Statement.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2021Article
- Care Transition Decisions After a Fall-related Emergency Department Visit: A Qualitative Study of Patients' and Caregivers' Experiences.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2020Article
- Quality indicators for a geriatric emergency care (GeriQ-ED) - an evidence-based delphi consensus approach to improve the care of geriatric patients in the emergency department.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
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.
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