Cognitive Screening via Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment of Older Patients for the Risk Factors of Hospital Revisit/Readmission after Emergency Department Visit at 3-Month Follow-Up.

Introduction: Cognitive impairment (COIM) is a major challenge for healthcare systems and is associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes in older people visiting emergency departments (EDs). Owing to global aging, both cognitive screening and comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) application in ED settings are developing areas of geriatric emergency medicine. Meanwhile, the association between clinical outcomes of COIM; cognitive impairment, no dementia (CIND); and dementia in the ED could be better investigated.

Prognostic significance of emergency department modified early warning score trend in critical ill elderly patients.

Objective: To explore the relationship between trends in emergency department modified early warning score (EDMEWS) and the prognosis of elderly patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: Consecutive non-traumatic elderly ED patients (≥65 years old) admitted to the ICU between July 2018 and June 2019 were enrolled in this retrospective cohort study. The selected patients had at least 2 separate MEWS during their ED stay.