SPMSQ for risk stratification of older patients in the emergency department
Schönstein, A.; Wahl, H.; Katus, H.A.; Bahrmann, A. · Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2019 · Heft 10 · S. 222 bis 228
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Zusammenfassung
For many older patients the emergency department (ED) is an entry point into the healthcare system. Geriatric emergency medicine is a resource intensive process and with ongoing demographic aging the already high demand is expected to rise even further [1]. At present, special needs of geriatric patients are likely to be overlooked in the ED [26]. To face this challenge and improve pathways towards optimal geriatric healthcare, the geriatric medical concept of the state government of Baden-Württemberg recommends screening older patients for those at high risk for adverse outcomes at the very beginning of the med…
