Optimal older adult emergency care: Introducing multidisciplinary Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines from the American College of Emergency Physicians, American Geriatrics Society, Emergency Nurses Association, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 806-809

  Carpenter, Christopher R ^a   Bromley, Marilyn ^b   Caterino, Jeffrey M ^c   Chun, Audrey ^d   Gerson, Lowell W ^e   Greenspan, Jason ^f   Hwang, Ula ^d   John, David P ^g   Lyons, William L ^h   Platts Mills, Timothy F ⁱ   Mortensen, Betty ⁿ   Ragsdale, Luna ^j,k,l   Rosenberg, Mark ^m   Wilber, Scott ⁿ  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Emergency Medical Associates Research Foundation   (United States)

^g Johnson Memorial Medical Center   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j Emergency Nurses Association   (United States)

^k DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁿ Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERIATRICS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905636476     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12415     Document Type: Article

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