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Care transitions: Geriatric medicine offers a roadmap to follow
While an increasing number of hospital systems are creating senior-friendly EDs, one new study suggests that many of the tenets of geriatric medicine are also applicable to the care of patients with complex health problems, especially with respect to care transitions. -
New guidelines for geriatric EDs: Guidance focused on boosting environment, care processes
A cadre of prominent medical groups, including the ACEP, ENA, AGS, and SAEM, has unveiled a comprehensive set of Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines to aid hospitals that are either in the process of opening senior-focused EDs or revamping their policies and procedures to better meet the needs of an aging population. The guidelines offer recommendations related to staffing, infrastructure, education, and transition-of-care strategies. In addition, they outline a host of screenings that studies have shown are beneficial for older adults. -
Senior-focused EDs: Plenty of buzz, but outcomes/costs TBD
One indication that senior-focused emergency care settings are catching on: For the first time, geriatric EDs have appeared on the Plymouth Meeting, PA-based Emergency Care Research Institutes (ECRI) Top 10 Hospital C-Suite Watch List, an annual list of new technologies and health system developments that providers and policy makers should think carefully about, according to ECRI. -
Abdominal Pain in Nonpregnant Female Patients
The history and physical exam are the cornerstones of diagnosis, but some serious pelvic conditions can have a nondescript history and minimal physical findings. -
Anorectal Emergencies
- Anorectal conditions are commonly misdiagnosed on initial evaluation.
- Assistance with patient positioning, good lighting, and analgesia are often necessary for adequate examination.
- Imaging is often required in anorectal abscesses to determine their full extent.
- Anorectal manifestations of STIs may occur in the absence of anal sex.
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Fractures in Older Adults
MONOGRAPH: As the population ages and continues to retain an increasingly high level of function, a unique pattern of injuries is emerging in older patients.
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ED Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Respiratory illnesses are a common cause for a visit to the pediatric emergency department (ED). A good number of the patients who present for respiratory infections will have illnesses such as upper respiratory infections (i.e., common colds) and bronchiolitis. -
Migraines: Much More Complicated Than Just a Headache
Migraine is associated with multiple disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome, restless legs syndrome, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. -
A Novel Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Marker for Multiple Sclerosis
Dr. Gauthier reports she receives research support from EMD Serono, Biogen Idec, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and is on the speakers bureau for Biogen Idec and Teva Neurosciences. -
Fibromyalgia: A Small Fiber Neuropathy?
In a detailed clinical analysis of patients with fibromyalgia compared to normal controls, patients with fibromyalgia had significantly lower epidermal nerve fiber density in the distal leg skin biopsies, and distal hypesthesia, compared to normal controls.