title: Current Trends in Geriatric Emergency Medicine.
abstract: The number of geriatric visits to United States emergency departments continues to rise. This article reviews demographics, statistics, and future projections in geriatric emergency medicine. Included are discussions of US health care spending, geriatric emergency departments, prehospital care, frailty of geriatric patients, delirium, geriatric trauma, geriatric screening and prediction tools, medication safety, long-term care, and palliative care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 1 Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118, USA. Electronic address: Joseph.kahn@bmc.org.
authors.forename: Joseph H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 1 Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Brendan G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Magauran
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 1 Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Olshaker
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 1 Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Kalpana N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Shankar
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Geriatric emergency medicine; Geriatric screening; Geriatric trauma; Palliative care; US health spending