U.S., Dec. 3 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07259499) titled 'Predictors of Emergency Department Use in Frail Patients' on Nov. 20.
Brief Summary: When admitted to the emergency department (ED), elderly non-autonomous patients show high risk of adverse health outcomes. The prompt identification of ED use risk factors in such population is hence needed. While cognitive impairment is a known clinical risk factor, biomarkers of most prevalent dementias have been scarcely investigated as possible ED use predictors. Within this context, this prospective study aims at exploring whether plasma phospho-tau181 and cerebrovascular burden can predict ED use at 6 months in elderly non-autonomous patients, ...