RT Journal
A1 Rozzini R, Trabucchi M
T1 COmanagement of elderly patients admitted to a hospital for hip fracture
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2010
FD February 22
VO 170
IS 4
SP 392
OP 393
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.526
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.526
AB 
The geriatric assessment focuses on mental status and function. Both are independent predictors of poor outcomes: cognition and disability predict delirium; disability predicts in-hospital infections. When a multifunctional team is engaged in a shared enterprise such as providing care for an elderly person in a hospital, having a shared representation may help to facilitate interdisciplinary communication and the consequent definition of common goals.