Acute Care Issues Impacting Older Adults

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET

  Comparison of Diagnostic Complexity and Imaging Decisions in Younger, Middle Age, and Older Adults
  

  First Author: Varun Saraswathula, MPH (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
• 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET

  Leveraging Nursing Assessment Data to Identify Frailty Indicators of Hospital Discharge Disposition
  

  First Author: Sarah E. Ser, MS – University of Florida
• 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET

  Implementing Age-Friendly Health Systems: Scaling 4Ms Care Across VA
  

  First Author: Laurence M. Solberg, MD (he/him/his) – NF/SG VHS
• 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET

  PARO Robot Interaction Decreases Pain and Agitation Scores in Hospitalized Older Adults With ADRD and/or Delirium
  

  First Author: Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, RN, CRNP, BC, FGSA, FAAN (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
• 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET

  Do Older Adults Appraise Elderspeak Communication as Patronizing or Respectful in Hospital Dementia Care?
  

  First Author: Clarissa Shaw, PhD, RN (she/her/hers) – University of Iowa
• 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET

  Emergency Department Practice Patterns for Older Adults With Abdominal Pain
  

  First Author: Rachel Wu, B.A. – University of Pennsylvania
• 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET

  Geriatrics Trauma Co-Management: Preliminary Descriptive Data From a Single Academic Institution
  

  First Author: Yuji Yamada, MD (he/him/his) – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET

  Early Warning System Score for Urgent ET Tube or Unplanned ICU Admission for Elderly Patients in General Wards
  

  First Author: Sunee Suwanpasu, PhD (she/her/hers) – KCMH
• 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET

  Investigating Adverse Outcomes of Long-Term Steroid Immunosuppression in Elderly Renal Transplant Recipients
  

  First Author: John C. Johnson, BSA (he/him/his) – University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston