Geriatric emergency care: an annotated bibliography

Abstract

This annotated bibliography provides selected references to journal articles addressing general issues of the care of elderly patients in the emergency department. The bibliography was compiled by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Geriatric Emergency Medicine Task Force. Because the literature pertinent to geriatrics has continued to grow rapidly, only key articles of general interest to the clinician and academician are included in the bibliography. Preference is given to recent publications; most references date from the past five years. The articles cited are primarily concerned with the delivery of emergency care to geriatric patients; economic, legal, ethical, and sociological topics receive limited coverage. Some articles were selected to highlight current controversies or changes in viewpoint. Aging physiology, atypical characteristics of illness, and disease processes have been addressed elsewhere (J Am Geriatr Soc 1989;37:894-910).