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2024-03-31

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cc by-nc (c) Larrea Aguirre, Nere et al, 2024
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Older Adult Patients in the Emergency Department: Which Patients should be Selected for a Different Approach?

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https://doi.org/10.4235/agmr.23.0121

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Background: While multidimensional and interdisciplinary assessment of older adult patients improves their short-term outcomes after evaluation in the emergency department (ED), this assessment is time-consuming and ill-suited for the busy environment. Thus, identifying patients who will benefit from this strategy is challenging. Therefore, this study aimed to identify older adult patients suitable for a different ED approach as well as independent variables associated with poor short-term clinical outcomes. Methods: We included all patients >= 65 years attending 52 EDs in Spain over 7 days. Sociodemographic, comorbidity, and baseline functional status data were collected. The outcomes were 30 -day mortality, re -presentation, hospital readmission, and the composite of all outcomes. Results: During the study among 96,014 patients evaluated in the ED, we included 23,338 patients >= 65 years-mean age, 78.4 +/- 8.1 years; 12,626 (54.1%) women. During follow-up, 5,776 patients (24.75%) had poor outcomes after evaluation in the ED: 1,140 (4.88%) died, 4,640 (20.51) returned to the ED, and 1,739 (7.69%) were readmitted 30 days after discharge following the index visit. A model including male sex, age >= 75 years, arrival by ambulance, Charlson Comorbidity Index >= 3, and functional impairment had a C -index of 0.81 (95% confidence interval, 0.80-0.82) for 30 -day mortality. Conclusion: Male sex, age >= 75 years, arrival by ambulance, functional impairment, or severe comorbidity are features of patients who could benefit from approaches in the ED different from the common triage to improve the poor short-term outcomes of this population.

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Serveis d'urgències hospitalàries, Cribratge

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Hospital emergency services, Medical screening

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Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL))
Articles publicats en revistes (IDIBAPS: Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer)

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LARREA AGUIRRE, Nere, GARCÍA GUTIÉRREZ, Susana, MIRÓ, Óscar, AGUILÓ, Sira, JACOB, Javier, ALQUÉZAR ARBÉ, Aitor, BURILLO, Guillermo, FERNANDEZ, Cesáreo, LLORENS, Pere, ROZA ALONSO, Cesar, TAVASCI LÓPEZ, Ivana, CAÑETE, Mónica, RUIZ ASENSIO, Pedro, PADERNE DÍAZ, Beatriz, PABLOS PIZARRO, Teresa, RÍO NAVARRO, Rigoberto jesús del, PERELLÓ VIOLA, Núria, HERNÁNDEZ CASTELLS, Lourdes, CORTÉS SOLER, Alejandro, SÁNCHEZ FERNÁNDEZ-LINARES, Elena, SÁNCHEZ SERRANO, Jesús ángel, EZPONDA, Patxi, MARTÍNEZ LORENZO, Andrea, ORTEGA LIARTE, Juan vicente, SÁNCHEZ RAMÓN, Susana, RUIZ ARANDA, Asumpta, MARTÍN SÁNCHEZ, Francisco javier, GONZÁLEZ DEL CASTILLO, Juan, Siesta Network. Older Adult Patients in the Emergency Department: Which Patients should be Selected for a Different Approach?. _Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research_. 2024. Vol. 28, núm. 1, pàgs. 9-19. [consulta: 21 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 2288-1239. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/214053]

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