“…Finally, although various disease classification models exist (ICD 9, etc. ), which may or may not have been used by the authors of other studies, we felt that this left out the “grey” area of the problems that are specific to geriatrics, such as falls, incontinence, iatrogenic events, and confusional states 24,25 . The high prevalence rates for these geriatric problems found in our sample are a reflection of the need to address the “geriatric giants” even in the ED setting, a finding similar to that of others 26,27 …”