Nonspecific and atypical presentation of disease in the older patient

Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 50-60

  Emmett, Kim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031894112     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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