RT Book, Section
A1 Witt, Leah J.
A1 Lau-Ng, Rossana
A1 Harper, G. Michael
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
A2 Gandhi, Monica
SR Print(0)
ID 1209215979
T1 Comprehensive Assessment of the Older Adult
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2025
YR 2025
FD 2025
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781266266232
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1209215979
RD 2025/07/19
AB The  comprehensive  geriatric  assessment  incorporates  an  evaluation  of  the  Geriatric  5M  “multicomplexity,”  which  (1)  expands  upon  the  conventional  assessment  of  symptoms,  diseases,  and  medications;  (2)  considers  the  biopsychosocial  situation;  and  (3)  includes  an  analysis  of  prognosis,  values  and  preferences,  and  ability  to  function  independently.  For  many  clinical  interventions,  harms  occur  with  the  interventions  or  shortly  thereafter,  and  benefits  may  not  occur  until  years  later;  such  interventions  are  generally  contraindicated  when  life  expectancy  is  less  than  the  time  until  benefit.  Comprehensive  assessment  is  warranted  before  major  clinical  decisions  are  made  (eg,  whether  major  surgery  should  be  performed,  or  whether  a  patient  should  be  admitted  to  the  hospital).  In  hospitalized  patients,  comprehensive  assessment  improves  survival  and  increases  the  number  of  people  who  return  home.