Structure and processes of emergency observation units with a geriatric focus: a scoping review

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Procedural elements of observation stays with geriatric focus

	Anpalahan 2002 [36]	Bruun 2018 [32]	Chu 2007 [26]	Conroy 2014 [27]	Edmans 2013 [28]	Foo 2012 [38]	Khan 1997 [29]	Leung 2019 [39]	Misch 2014 [40]	Nielsen 2018 [33]	Ong 2012 [37]	Silvester 2012 [30]	Southerland 2018 [41]	Strøm 2017 [34]	Strøm 2018 [35]	Taylor 2016 [31]
Fast-track principles
Diagnostic tests/treatment			X					X	X		X		X	X	X	X
Early senior medical input			X	X					X		X	X				X
Stimulation of self-care / early mobilization		X								X					X
Referral pathway to observation unit				X												X
Early initiation of discharge planning	X		X			X	X	X	X		X	X	X		X	X
(Early) Geriatric-focused assessment
Medical				X	X	X		X	X			X	X			X
Functional		X		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Cognitive	X			X	X	X										X
Psychological				X	X	X										X
Social				X	X	X		X			X	X	X			X
Drug review				X	X								X			X
Unspecified			X		X		X		X
All four items of CGA				X	X	X										X
Unit rounds	X			X			X	X
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Interdisciplinary coordination	X			X	X	X		X	X					X	X	X
Team meeting				X		X			X		X					X
Case discussion				X		X
Observation pathway
Frailty pathway								X					X
ED-based fragility fracture pathway													X
Follow-up
Post-discharge follow-up		X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X			X
Transmural information transfer		X		X	X	X	X			X
Transmural pathways				X	X					X						X

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