Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Development of a Novel Frailty Trigger for Use at Triage in the Emergency Department.
Elizabeth Moloney, Mark R O'Donovan, Dearbhla Burke, Anne Healy, Maria Larkin, Anne O'Keeffe, Rónán O'Caoimh
Published: 202510.1111/acem.70165
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Emergency Department (ED) Triage identifies patients with urgent needs. Frailty is not routinely identified and older patients presenting atypically may be inappropriately triaged as low priority. The introduction of a frailty modifier at…
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