Predictive Validity of the Identification of Seniors at Risk Screening Tool in a German Emergency Department Setting

Gerontology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 413-419

  Singler, Katrin ^a,b   Heppner, Hans Jürgen ^b,c   Skutetzky, Andreas ^b   Sieber, Cornel ^b   Christ, Michael ^a   Thiem, Ulrich ^d,e  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Helios Klinikum Schwelm   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly emergency patient; Emergency department; Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) screening tool; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IDENTIFICATION OF SENIORS AT RISK INSTRUMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GERMANY; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84927648553     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000358825     Document Type: Article

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