Hospital admissions of patients aged over 80 with acute abdominal complaints

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 166, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 866-871

  Van Geioven, A A W ^a   Biesheuvel, T H ^a   Luitse, J S K ^a   Hoitsma, H F W ^a   Obertop, H ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Diagnostic tests; Elderly; Emergency department; Misdiagnose; Morbidity; Mortality; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033763976     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241500447254     Document Type: Article

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