Risk for poor outcomes in older patients discharged from an emergency department: Feasibility of four screening instruments

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 215-220

  Buurman, Bianca M ^a   Van Den Berg, Wendy ^a   Korevaar, Johanna C ^b   Milisen, Koen ^c,d   De Haan, Rob J ^a   De Rooij, Sophia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

emergency department; identification of seniors at risk; older patient; outcome evaluation; screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IDENTIFICATION OF SENIORS AT RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROWLAND QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNCIMAN QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; TRIAGE RISK SCREENING TOOL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIAGE;

EID: 79960295892     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328344597e     Document Type: Review

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