https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2026.14611
The role of geriatricians in the emergency department
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.
Published: 14 July 2026
Dear Editor,
We read with great interest the Educational Paper by Colantoni and colleagues recently published in Emergency Care Journal.1 We particularly appreciated the attention paid to the potential role of Geriatric Emergency Departments —an entity not yet well defined in Italy. The increasing number of older patients with multimorbidity and/or frailty attending EDs represents an emerging challenge, and the training of Emergency Physicians (EPs) alone may not always be sufficient to address their complex needs. [...]
Downloads
1) Recommendations for the care of geriatric patients in the emergency department. Emerg Care J 2025;21:13701.
2) Gettel CJ, Hwang U, Janke AT, et al. An outcome comparison between geriatric and nongeriatric emergency departments. Ann Emerg Med 2023;82:681-9.
3) Kennedy M, Biese K. Comparing geriatric and nongeriatric emergency departments: a first step on a critical avenue of research. Ann Emerg Med 2023;82:690-3.
4) Nothelle S, Slade E, Zhou J, et al. Emergency department length of stay for older adults with dementia. Ann Emerg Med 2023:S0196-0644(23)01276-3.
5) Lucke JA, Mooijaart SP, Heeren P, et al. Providing care for older adults in the Emergency Department: expert clinical recommendations from the European Task Force on Geriatric Emergency Medicine. Eur Geriatr Med 2022;13:309-17.
Ethics Approval
CRediT authorship contribution
All authors equally contributed to the final manuscript.
Supporting Agencies
Data Availability Statement
The authors confirm that the data supporting this manuscript are available within the article.
How to Cite
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
PAGEPress has chosen to apply the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all manuscripts to be published.
