title: [Elderly patients in the emergency department: a selection of some recent publications].
abstract: Geriatric patients presenting to the ED are at high risk of mortality as well as of cognitive or functional decline. Thus, ED is an ideal spot for interventions that can improve their outcome. In this article, we summarize six recent studies, regarding the utilization of prognostic evaluation scores in geriatric patients presenting to the ED, adverse drug reactions, the significance of elevated troponin in patients who have remained on the ground after a fall, the rationale of performing head CT in patients without focal neurologic findings after a fall, the ideal treatment of a proximal femoral fracture and the excessive use of urinary catheters in the ED.
authors.affiliation: Service des urgences CHUV, Lausanne. coralie.burnier@chuv.ch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burnier
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Geiser Micheloud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cuche
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guyot
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Neuffer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rutz
authors.forename: P-N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Carron
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000368:Aged; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D020198:Intracranial Hemorrhage, Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D014336:Troponin / Q000097:blood; D014546:Urinary Catheterization
chemical_list: D014336:Troponin