Fever, malaise, AMS -- Is it an infection? Podcast with Jeff Caterino
GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast · Alex Smith and Eric Widera
January 23, 201930m 43s
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Show Notes
Geriatrics teaches us that older adults with infections often present with non-specific symptoms rather than typical localizing symptoms of infection present in younger adults. Sometimes they present with fever, delirium, malaise, or fatigue. In today's GeriPal/JAGS joint podcast, Jeff Caterino challenges this common teaching by examining the extent to which non-specific symptoms are predictive of infection for older adults presenting to the emergency department. Turns out - they're not so predictive as you might think!