A Systematic Review Evaluating Pain Assessment Strategies for Patients With Dementia in the Emergency Department: The Geriatric <scp>ED</scp> Guidelines 2.0
Evidence on dementia-specific pain assessment tools in the ED is extremely limited. Available data suggest PAINAD does not improve timeliness of analgesia, underscoring the urgent need for rigorous studies to guide pain management for PLWD in the ED.
Authors
- Márlon Juliano Romero Aliberti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7467-1745)
- Heather Healy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6370-2251)
- C. Gettel
- James David van Oppen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2570-7112)
- Alexander X. Lo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1869-2776)
- Kaiho Hirata
- Justine Seidenfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6912-7315)
- Teresita M. Hogan
- Sangil Lee
- Lauren Lapointe‐Shaw
- Shan W. Liu
- the Geriatric ED Guidelines Writing Group
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Iowa (US)
- University Health Network (CA)
- Harvard University (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- State Library of Iowa (US)
- Durham VA Health Care System (US)
- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Hospital Sírio-Libanês (BR)
- Iowa City Public Library (US)
- International University of Health and Welfare (JP)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Academic Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.70230
- Primary Topic
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00