Is Cognitive Function a Concern in Independent Elderly Adults Discharged Home from the Emergency Department in Canada after a Minor Injury?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2130-2135

  Ouellet, Marie Christine ^a,b,c   Sirois, Marie Josée ^a,c   Beaulieu Bonneau, Simon ^b   Morin, Jacques ^a   Perry, Jeffrey ^d,e   Daoust, Raoul ^f,g   Wilding, Laura ^d   Provencher, Véronique ^a,c   Camden, Stéphanie ^a   Allain Boulé, Nadine ^a   Émond, Marcel ^a,c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE RÉADAPTATION EN DÉFICIENCE PHYSIQUE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognitive status; emergency medicine; geriatrics; minor injury; Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INJURY; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERY ELDERLY; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84922480220     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13081     Document Type: Article

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