Prospective Validation of a Checklist to Predict Short‐term Death in Older Patients After Emergency Department Admission in Australia and Ireland

Emergency departments (EDs) are pressured environment where patients with supportive and palliative care needs may not be identified. We aimed to test the predictive ability of the CriSTAL (Criteria for Screening and Triaging to Appropriate aLternative care) checklist to flag patients at risk of death within 3 months who may benefit from timely end-of-life discussions.Prospective cohorts of >65-year-old patients admitted for at least one night...