Screening for older emergency department inpatients at risk of prolonged hospital stay: The brief geriatric assessment tool

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Launay, Cyrille P ^a   De Decker, Laure ^b   Kabeshova, Anastasiia ^a   Annweiler, Cédric ^a,c   Beauchet, Olivier ^a,d  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Biomathics   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENDER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL DISORIENTATION; TIME PERCEPTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84908110491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110135     Document Type: Article

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