Validation of the ICEBERG emergency room screening tool for early identification of older patients with geriatric consultation needs

Validation of the ICEBERG emergency room screening tool for early identification of older patients with geriatric consultation needs

BackgroundThe growing number of older and oldest-old patients often present in the emergency room (ER) with undiagnosed geriatric syndromes posing them at high risk for complications in acute care.ObjectiveTo develop and validate an ER screening tool (ICEBERG) to capture 9 geriatric domains of risk...

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Main Authors: Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari, Michael Gagesch, Dai-Hua Tsai, Clara Richter, Patricia Lanz, Patrick Sidler, Uenal Can, Dagmar I. Keller, Markus Minder, Bettina von Rickenbach, Ali Yildirim-Aman, Katharina Geiling, Gregor Freystaetter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
geriatrics
older patients
emergency room
screening tool
validation
ICEBERG
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1240082/full

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