Research priorities for high-quality geriatric emergency care: Medication management, screening, and prevention and functional assessment

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 644-654

  Carpenter, Christopher R ^a   Heard, Kennon ^b,c   Wilber, Scott ^d   Ginde, Adit A ^c   Stiffler, Kirk ^d   Gerson, Lowell W ^d   Wenger, Neal S ^e   Miller, Douglas K ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LORAZEPAM; MISOPROSTOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE SPASM; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION; VERTIGO;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH;

EID: 79959323875     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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