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Anybody who has worked in emergency medicine for more than a few years has undoubtedly noticed a changing patient population: emergency department (ED) patients are getting older. The elderly represent the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, and it is clearly reflected in the patients presenting to the nation
s EDs and hospitals. The elderly currently constitute [15% of all ED patients, 40% of all ambulance arrivals to the ED, and almost 50% of all intensive care unit admissions. These patients tend to have greater comorbidities, they have more complicated workups, they utilize more laboratory and radiologic services, and they have longer lengths of stay in the ED and in the hospital than younger patients. Despite these more extensive workups, the rate of misdiagnoses, delayed diagnoses,

and ED ‘‘bouncebacks’’ among discharged elderly patients is higher. The resulting morbidity and mortality in this patient group is also much

higher than in younger patients with similar chief complaints.

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Trends in Geriatric Emergency Medicine

Resuscitation of the Elderly

Geriatric Neurologic Emergencies

Altered Mental Status in Older Emergency Department Patients

Pulmonary Emergencies in the Elderly

Cardiovascular Emergencies in the Elderly

Abdominal Pain in the Elderly

Atraumatic Joint and Limb Pain in the Elderly

Trauma and Falls in the Elderly

Infectious Emergencies in the Elderly

Pharmacologic Issues in Geriatric Emergency Medicine

Psychiatric Emergencies in the Elderly Population

Elder Abuse

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