title: Neurologic Emergencies in the Elderly.
abstract: Neurologic diseases are a major cause of death and disability in elderly patients. Due to the physiologic changes and increased comorbidities that occur as people age, neurologic diseases are more common in geriatric patients and a major cause of death and disability in this population. This article discusses the elderly patient presenting to the emergency department with acute ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, chronic subdural hematoma, traumatic brain injury, seizures, and central nervous system infections. This article reviews the subtle presentations, difficult workups, and complicated treatment decisions as they pertain to our older patients."
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Dowling 1 South, 1 Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02143, USA. Electronic address: lauren.nentwich@bmc.org.
authors.forename: Lauren M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Nentwich
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Dowling 1 South, 1 Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02143, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grimmnitz
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000070642:Brain Injuries, Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002494:Central Nervous System Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D020200:Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Geriatric patients; Neurologic diseases; Neurologic emergencies