title: [Geriatric assessment in the emergency departments of acute hospitals].
abstract: Elderly people use often and in an appropriate way the Emergency Department (ED). However, we don't dispose of evidences that demonstrate utility of a specific model of geriatric assessment (GA) applied in ED. Nowadays; GA in ED should be used being adapted to the environment and with some clear objectives that allow to carry out a multidimensional diagnosis and to establish therapeutic priorities. GA contributes benefits in the continuity of care on the part of the Primary Attention when elderly people are discharged from an ED.
authors.affiliation: Ambito de Geriatría, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, España. EDuaso@cst.cat
authors.forename: Enric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duaso
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomás
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Carballeira
authors.forename: Leonor
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cuadra
authors.forename: Mireia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Llonch
authors.forename: Domingo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ruiz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans