
Alzheimer s & Dementia, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 21(5)
Опубликована: Май 1, 2025
Abstract Persons Living with Dementia (PLWD), diagnosed or undiagnosed, have high Emergency Department (ED) use. Identification of such patients poses significant challenges for emergency clinicians considerable downstream implications on patients, care partners, and healthcare systems. With the advent Geriatric Departments (GEDs) there is an opportunity to understand improve PLWDs in EDs effective allocation resources development novel techniques better support detecting those at risk, communicating findings, coordinating patients. Advances been made leveraging Electronic Health Record (EHR) data risk stratify dementia hope that high‐risk may benefit from further evaluation. The promise multiple blood‐base biomarkers (BBM) as a future modality detection dementias, will also potential advance delivery PLWD their partners EDs. Highlights integral role delivering Person partners. High acuity fast paced ED environment other barriers makes it difficult identify Dementia. EHR‐based stratification algorithms can outpatient settings. Use Blood‐Based Biomarkers setting considerations its use need be studied. EHR based algorithm Blood Based when used judiciously overcome some known they transition through
Язык: Английский