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A Survey Of Delirium Self-Reported Knowledge And Practices Among Emergency Physicians In The United States, Anita N. Chary, Adriane Lesser, Sharon K. Inouye, Christopher R. Carpenter Md, Msc, Amy R. Stuck, Maura Kennedy Dec 2021

A Survey Of Delirium Self-Reported Knowledge And Practices Among Emergency Physicians In The United States, Anita N. Chary, Adriane Lesser, Sharon K. Inouye, Christopher R. Carpenter Md, Msc, Amy R. Stuck, Maura Kennedy

Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate United States emergency physicians’ self-reported knowledge and practices regarding the detection, prevention, and management of delirium, a common and deadly syndrome that disproportionately affects older emergency department (ED) patients. Knowledge and practices of the broader emergency physician community about these priority topics in geriatric emergency medicine are understudied.

Design: Electronic self-administered online survey

Setting: United States

Participants: One-hundred ninety-seven emergency physicians of the American College of Emergency Physicians Emergency Medicine Practice Research Network

Measures: Descriptive statistics were generated from survey responses.

Results: Of 734 physicians in the research network who were sent the …


Management Of Fall Patients – What Should Be Done For Emergency Department Fall Patients?, Katherine Selman, Christine Binkley, Katherine Davenport, Shan W. Lliu, Maura Kennedy Aug 2021

Management Of Fall Patients – What Should Be Done For Emergency Department Fall Patients?, Katherine Selman, Christine Binkley, Katherine Davenport, Shan W. Lliu, Maura Kennedy

Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine

Falls are the leading cause of injury-related emergency visits in older adults, translating into an estimated 3 million ED visits and 32,000 deaths from fall-related injuries annually in the United States. Falls subsequently result in diminished functional ability and higher risk for future falls and mortality. Despite this, ED clinicians focus primarily on injuries that result from a fall and often defer the modifiable causes of the fall and future fall prevention to outpatient providers. We review two articles that address the feasibility of performing interventions from the ED and the efficacy of a multifactorial fall intervention program.