Dr. Don Melady is joined by a panel of experts to discuss frailty in the geriatric ED and why it is an important concept in the care of older ED patients.
Dr. Christina Shenvi sits down with Dr. Kerstin de Wit to learn how much, if at all, anticoagulation affects the risk of intracranial hemorrhage after a ground-level fall.
Dr. Christina Shenvi is joined by Dr. Lauren Southerland for a conversation about self-neglect; a complicated geriatric syndrome that is both a diagnostic and care coordination challenge.
Infections in older adults are common, and often present atypically leading to delayed diagnosis and increased morbidity and mortality - Dr. Shenvi and Dr. Khoujah discuss
In this episode we discuss inadequate pain assessment in older adults, opiophobia, lack of current pharmacologic knowledge, and how to better manage pain in older adults in the ED.