Antonio Nouvenne, Andrea Ticinesi, Carmine Siniscalchi, Martina Rendo, Nicoletta Cerundolo, Alberto Parise, Giampiero Castaldo, Giulia Chiussi, Richard Carrassi, Angela Guerra, Tiziana Meschi
Background/Objectives : Older patients are subject to a high number of Emergency Department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. Innovative strategies to manage geriatric urgencies in the community are thus needed. Methods : In this prospective observational study, we examined the case mix of a hospital-based domiciliary urgent care service tailored to older patients, called Multidisciplinary Mobile Unit (MMU), from January to September 2023. The service, activated by general practitioners or territorial specialists during workdays, provided domiciliary geriatric assessment, point-of-care diagnostics, including multi-site ultrasound and lab tests, and therapeutical measures, including intravenous treatment and insertion of invasive devices, with the goal of reaching on-site stabilization and avoiding ED referral...
May 6, 2024: Journal of Clinical Medicine