Detection of emergency department patients at risk of dementia through artificial intelligence.

Journal: Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Published Date: Jun 1, 2025

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The study aimed to develop and validate the Emergency Department Dementia Algorithm (EDDA) to detect dementia among older adults (65+) and support clinical decision-making in the emergency department (ED).

Authors

  • Inessa Cohen
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
  • Richard Andrew Taylor
    Yale Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University.
  • Haipeng Xue
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
  • Isaac V Faustino
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
  • Natalia Festa
    Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
  • Cynthia Brandt
    Yale Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University.
  • Emily Gao
    Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
  • Ling Han
    School of Land Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China; Xi'an Key Laboratory of Territorial Spatial Information, School of Land Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China. Electronic address: hanling@chd.edu.cn.
  • Siddarth Khasnavis
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
  • James M Lai
    Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care, Department of Internal Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
  • Adam P Mecca
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
  • Atharva Vinay Sapre
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
  • Juan Young
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
  • Michael Zanchelli
    Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters VAMC, Bronx, New York, USA.
  • Ula Hwang
    Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters VAMC, Bronx, New York, USA.

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