Schoenenberger et al reported the Emergence Geriatric Screen (EGS) tool for evaluating an older adult in the Emergency Department. There are 4 domains, one of which is cognition. The authors are from University of Bern in Switzerland.
Patient: age >= 75 years in the Emergency Department
The score is based on the Ottawa 3DY test (with different word to spell backwards).
Questions:
(1) day of the week
(2) today's date (+/- 1 day)
(3) year
(4) able to spell "radio" backwards ("oidar")
Response
Points
correct
0
incorrect
1
total cognition score =
= SUM(points for all of the questions)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 4
• A score >= 1 is associated with impaired cognition.
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