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Using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) in geriatric emergency medicine

Emergency Medicine Journal

1 The CFS has become widely adopted in research and clinical settings and has been recommended in the UK for routine administration with adults aged 65+ years with unscheduled hospital attendances. The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) uses clinician judgement to quantify the functional impacts of multidimensional health deficits.

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SGEM#351: How to Stop Geriatrics from Free Fallin’

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Moving the Needle on Fall Prevention: A Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) Network Scoping Review and Consensus Statement. Moving the Needle on Fall Prevention: A Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) Network Scoping Review and Consensus Statement. There are three other GEAR 1.0

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Grand Rounds Recap 4.19.23

Taming the SRU

Head computed tomography findings in geriatric emergency department patients with delirium, altered mental status, and confusion: A systematic review Link: [link] Bottom Line: Amongst geriatric ED patients presenting with AMS ~16% were noted to have a CT with Ischemia, Hemmorage, mass or finding to explain their AMS.

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Subcutaneous Rehydration

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

References Allen CH, Etzwiler LS, Miller MK, Maher G, Mace S, Hostetler MA, Smith SR, Reinhardt N, Hahn B, Harb G; INcreased Flow Utilizing Subcutaneously-Enabled Pediatric Rehydration Study Collaborative Research Group. Recombinant human hyaluronidase-enabled subcutaneous pediatric rehydration. Pediatrics. 2009 Nov;124(5):e858-67.