Objectives A significant proportion of geriatric patients experience suboptimal outcomes
following episodes of emergency department ( ED ) care. Risk stratification screening …

… assistant3, Mark A Weaver assistant professor4, Timothy F Platts-Mills assistant professor3
… 40 Jones CW, Platts-Mills TF. Quality of registration for clinical trials published in emergency …

Background Clinical trial registries can improve the validity of trial results by facilitating
comparisons between prospectively planned and reported outcomes. Previous reports on the …

Importance As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread throughout the US in the early
months of 2020, acute care delivery changed to accommodate an influx of patients with a …

In the U nited S tates and around the world, effective, efficient, and reliable strategies to provide
emergency care to aging adults is challenging crowded emergency departments ( ED s) …

Objectives: The study objective was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the Emergency
Severity Index (ESI) triage instrument for the identification of elder patients receiving an …

Objectives: Methods to accurately identify elderly patients with a high likelihood of hospital
admission or subsequent return to the emergency department (ED) might facilitate the …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to determine whether older adults presenting
to the emergency department (ED) with pain are less likely to receive pain medication …

Objectives: The first‐attempt success rate of intubation was compared using GlideScope
video laryngoscopy and direct laryngoscopy in an emergency department (ED). Methods: A …

A historically unprecedented increase in the world’s geriatric population over the next 4
decades will challenge prehospital emergency medical services, health care providers, and …