[Geriatric assessment in the emergency departments of acute hospitals].
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.
Duaso
Enric
E
Ambito de Geriatría, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, España. EDuaso@cst.cat
Tomás
Santiago
S
Rodríguez-Carballeira
Mónica
M
Cuadra
Leonor
L
Llonch
Mireia
M
Ruiz
Domingo
D
D000368:Aged; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans