Efficiency gains from a standardised approach to older people presenting to the emergency department after a fall.

Objective Falls are a major cause of hospital-related costs in people aged ≥65 years. Despite this, falls are often seen as trivial and given low priority in an emergency department (ED), especially in the absence of overt major injury. ED systems that care for falls patients are often inefficient.

Modified frailty index and hypoalbuminemia as predictors of adverse outcomes in older adults presenting to acute general surgical unit.

Introduction: Health professionals are progressively drawing on the concept of frailty as a determinant of adverse surgical outcomes in of older adults. We aimed to determine the prevalence of frailty and the correlation between frailty and mortality among older adults admitted to the acute surgical unit.

Materials And Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted in the acute general surgical unit over a two month period.

Geriatrician input into nursing homes reduces emergency hospital admissions.

Nursing home residents are often very dependent, very frail and have complex care needs. Effective partnerships between primary and secondary care will be of benefit to these residents. We looked at 1954 admission episodes to our Trust from April 2006 to March 2009 inclusive.

Ciprofloxacin-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) in a nonagerian: a case report.

A 93-year-old lady developed extensive skin lesions following treatment with ciprofloxacin for urinary tract infection. Skin biopsy confirmed toxic epidermal necrolysis. She died within 48 hours of onset of her skin signs in spite of active management.