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Emergency Palliative Care: Early Assessment of an Older Adult With a Fall and Hip Fracture.
- Source :
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Journal of Palliative Medicine . Mar2024, Vol. 27 Issue 3, p430-433. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- In this segment of the emergency department (ED) palliative care case series, we present a patient who arrives to the ED after a fall resulting in a hip fracture. He is also found to have hypernatremia and an acute kidney injury and develops delirium while in the ED awaiting an inpatient bed. The ED-based integrated geriatric palliative care program is consulted and performs a multidimensional assessment. The geriatric palliative care clinician facilitates discussion with his daughter about surgical intervention based on the patient's goals and values, diagnoses delirium, and worsening depression, creates a plan for delirium and pain management, and accelerates postdischarge planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10966218
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Palliative Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175790688
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2023.0258