The Older Adult in the Emergency Department: Aging and Atypical Illness Presentation

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-34

  Peters, Mary Lynn ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; EMERGENCY NURSING; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; PHYSIOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONFUSION; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 73549118383     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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