5) Care of the Elderly
Hospitalized Patient (LO4)
(updated 5/12/21)
a. American Family
Physician -
“Choosing Wisely-Don’t use restraints with an older hospitalized
patient”
https://www.aafp.org/afp/recommendations/viewRecommendation.htm?recommendationId=220
“Evaluating Medical Decision-Making Capacity in Practice” July 1,
2018 -
https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2018/0701/p40.pdf
“Preoperative Assessment in Older Adults: A Comprehensive Approach”
August 15, 2018 -
https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2018/0815/p214.pdf
“Preoperative Evaluation and Frailty Assessment in Older Patients”
Dec. 15, 2020 -
https://www.aafp.org/dam/brand/aafp/pubs/afp/issues/2020/1215/p753.pdf
b. Up-to-Date
- “Prognosis and Outcome Following
Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Adults”
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/prognosis-and-outcomes-following-sudden-cardiac-arrest-in-adults?
search=codeblue&source=search_result&selectedTitle=4~150&usage_type=default&display_rank=4#H3
“Hospital Management of Older Adults”
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/hospital-management-of-older-adults?search=elderly+hospitalized&source=search_result&selectedTitle=1~150
(REQUIRED READING)