Emergency geriatric assessment: A novel comprehensive screen tool for geriatric patients in the emergency department

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Nursing, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan; Bachelor Program of Senior Service, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan.
• ² Department of Nursing, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
• ³ Department of Nursing, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
• ⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan.
• ⁵ Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan.
• ⁶ Bachelor Program of Senior Service, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Palliative Care Center, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
• ⁷ Holistic Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
• ⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan.
• ⁹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
• ¹⁰ Bachelor Program of Senior Service, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Emergency Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Occupational Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan. Electronic address: [email protected].