Kahn Joseph H, Magauran Brendan G, Olshaker Jonathan S, Shankar Kalpana N
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 1 Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 1 Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2016 Aug;34(3):435-52. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2016.04.014.
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.
美国急诊科老年患者就诊人数持续上升。本文回顾了老年急诊医学的人口统计学、统计数据及未来预测。内容包括对美国医疗保健支出、老年急诊科、院前护理、老年患者的虚弱、谵妄、老年创伤、老年筛查及预测工具、用药安全、长期护理和姑息治疗的讨论。