Missed diagnoses among elderly patients discharged from an accident and emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 256-257

  Khan, S A ^a   Miskelly, F G ^b   Platt, J S ^a   Bhattachryya, B K ^a  

^a WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Day hospital; Elderly; Missed diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; UREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAY HOSPITAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL WORKER; SPEECH THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 0030056598     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.4.256     Document Type: Article

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