Trends in Geriatric Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-260

  Kahn, Joseph H ^a   Magauran, Brendan ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASTHMA; BREATHING DISORDER; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; GERIATRIC CARE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFLUENZA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645857068     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2006.01.012     Document Type: Review

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