‘Hospital-associated deconditioning’ a preventable catastrophe, research shows

The blue names belong to patients 75 and over who’ve been identified by triage nurses as at risk of functional decline in the hospital. The longer these patients spend in the ER, the worse their outcomes are likely to be, due to a phenomenon known as hospital-associated deconditioning. It refers to physical and often cognitive decline that happens as a result of being hospitalized.

The geriatric multidisciplinary ER team at St. Mary’s targets these patients from the moment they arrive.

  • Evolith@lemmy.world
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    That’s only at the VA. Here at [not for profit hospital system], we hold and prolong the patient’s ED stay to maximize their financial deterioration.