Does gender influence emergency department management and outcomes in geriatric abdominal pain?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-281

  Gardner, Rebekah L ^a   Almeida, Richard ^b   Maselli, Judith H ^a   Auerbach, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal pain; elderly; Emergency Department; gender; geriatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956392964     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.11.060     Document Type: Article

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