Detecting Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify research and practice gaps to establish future research priorities to advance the detection of cognitive impairment and dementia in the emergency department (ED).

Design

Literature review and consensus-based rankings by a transdisciplinary, stakeholder task force of experts, persons living with dementia, and care partners.

Setting and participants

Scoping reviews focused on adult ED patients.

Methods

Two systematic scoping reviews of 7 medical research databases focusing on best tools and approaches for detecting cognitive impairment and dementia in the ED in terms of (1) most accurate and (2) most pragmatic to implement. The results were screened, reviewed, and abstracted for relevant information and presented at the stakeholder consensu

SUBMITTER: Nowroozpoor A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804640 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature