2023
Care transition outcome measures of importance after emergency care: Do emergency clinicians and older adults agree?
Gettel C, Hwang U, Rising K, Goldberg E, Feder S, Uzamere I, Venkatesh A. Care transition outcome measures of importance after emergency care: Do emergency clinicians and older adults agree? Academic Emergency Medicine 2023, 30: 1061-1064. PMID: 37014286, PMCID: PMC10548356, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14732.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
A Multicenter Evaluation of the Impact of Sex on Abdominal and Fracture Pain Care
Siddiqui A, Belland L, Rivera-Reyes L, Handel D, Yadav K, Heard K, Eisenberg A, Hwang U. A Multicenter Evaluation of the Impact of Sex on Abdominal and Fracture Pain Care. Medical Care 2015, 53: 948-953. PMID: 26465122, PMCID: PMC4610254, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000430.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbdominal painAnalgesic administrationPain careMulticenter evaluationFinal ED diagnosisInitial pain scoreSingle pain conditionRetrospective cohort reviewType of painSex-based disparitiesImpact of sexPain scoresCohort reviewED visitsSecondary outcomesPain conditionsPrimary outcomeMulticenter studyTriage acuityED diagnosisMultivariable modelMedication ordersSex disparitiesCare outcomesED crowding
2014
Optimal Older Adult Emergency Care: Introducing Multidisciplinary Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines from the American College of Emergency Physicians, American Geriatrics Society, Emergency Nurses Association, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Carpenter CR, Bromley M, Caterino JM, Chun A, Gerson LW, Greenspan J, Hwang U, John DP, Lyons WL, Platts‐Mills T, Mortensen B, Ragsdale L, Rosenberg M, Wilber S. Optimal Older Adult Emergency Care: Introducing Multidisciplinary Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines from the American College of Emergency Physicians, American Geriatrics Society, Emergency Nurses Association, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2014, 62: 1360-1363. PMID: 24890806, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12883.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedEmergency Medical ServicesEmergency Service, HospitalEmergency TreatmentGeriatricsHumansPatient Care TeamConceptsGeriatric Emergency Department GuidelinesEmergency Department GuidelinesEmergency Nurses AssociationEmergency departmentAmerican Geriatrics SocietyEmergency physiciansAmerican CollegeEmergency careEmergency medicineGeriatrics SocietyNurses AssociationDepartment guidelinesGeriatric healthcare providersCrowded emergency departmentsEmergency medicine cliniciansAcademic Emergency Medicine
2013
Acute Pain Management in Older Adults in the Emergency Department
Hwang U, Platts-Mills TF. Acute Pain Management in Older Adults in the Emergency Department. Clinics In Geriatric Medicine 2013, 29: 151-164. PMID: 23177605, DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2012.10.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute painOlder adultsAcute pain careAcute pain managementPresence of painPatient-specific riskSystemic analgesicsAdverse eventsOlder patientsPain managementPain treatmentPain careEmergency departmentEmergency providersEffective treatmentFrequent reassessmentPainInitial assessmentAnalgesicsAdultsTreatmentCurrent knowledgeRiskPatientsRetreatment
2010
The Quality of Emergency Department Pain Care for Older Adult Patients
Hwang U, Richardson LD, Harris B, Morrison RS. The Quality of Emergency Department Pain Care for Older Adult Patients. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2010, 58: 2122-2128. PMID: 21054293, PMCID: PMC3058876, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03152.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsED pain carePain assessmentPain carePain scoresAdult patientsOlder patientsAcademic tertiary care EDYoung adultsFinal ED diagnosisRetrospective observational cohortTertiary care EDCharlson comorbidity scoreDegree of painOlder adult patientsLess opioid useCare process measuresAnalgesic medicationComorbidity scoreMild painED visitsObservational cohortOpioid useYounger patientsOpioid analgesicsPrior medication
2009
Quality Indicators for Geriatric Emergency Care
Terrell KM, Hustey FM, Hwang U, Gerson LW, Wenger NS, Miller DK, Force O. Quality Indicators for Geriatric Emergency Care. Academic Emergency Medicine 2009, 16: 441-449. PMID: 19344452, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00382.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentOlder patientsQuality improvement effortsPain managementNursing homesCognitive AssessmentCandidate quality indicatorsGeriatric emergency carePotential quality indicatorsTask ForceED usersTransitional careMedical recordsEmergency physiciansAmerican CollegeEmergency careVulnerable subsetPatient careSystematic reviewHealth care environmentPatientsEmergency practiceImprovement effortsQuality indicatorsAnnual Meeting