Older patients in the emergency department: A review

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-269

  Samaras, Nikolaos ^a   Chevalley, Thierry ^a   Samaras, Dimitrios ^a   Gold, Gabriel ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLIPIZIDE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; INSULIN; METFORMIN; OPIATE; PHENYTOIN; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AFFECT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; APPENDICITIS; BACTEREMIA; CAREGIVER; CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIVERTICULITIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELDER ABUSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE DISCOMFORT; FALLING; FEVER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MICHIGAN ALCOHOLISM SCREENING TEST GERIATRIC VERSION; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PAIN; PELVIS FRACTURE; PNEUMONIA; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALIVA; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SIX ITEM SCREENER; SOCIOLOGY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; THE CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ALCOHOLISM; CORONARY DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFECTION; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CORONARY DISEASE; ELDER ABUSE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTION; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS;

EID: 77956060793     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.04.015     Document Type: Review

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