Assessment of Older Adults with Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department: 10 Key Points

Assessment of Older Adults with Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department: 10 Key Points - #57

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Develop a comprehensive approach to the timely evaluation of older adults with abdominal pain in the ED.

Older adults presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain.

Apply key concepts in the evaluation of older adults with abdominal pain.

  1. Recognize acute abdominal pain in older adults as a common, distinct, high risk clinical entity.

  2. Develop a comprehensive approach to the timely evaluation of older adults with abdominal pain.

  3. Minimize delayed diagnosis and misdiagnosis when evaluating older adults with abdominal pain.

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This GFF ___ my competence in geriatrics.

Adam Perry, MD

Geriatrics Fellow, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care

Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

 

Michael Malone, MD

Medical Director, Aurora Senior Services & Aurora at Home

Geriatrics Fellowship Director, Aurora Sinai Medical Center

Clinical Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health