Key points in healthcare of frail elders in the Emergency Department;Puntos clave en la asistencia al anciano frágil en Urgencias

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-29

  Martín Sánchez, Francisco Javier ^a   Fernández Alonso, Cesáreo ^a   Gil Gregorio, Pedro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Emergency; Frailty

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POLYPHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SPAIN; TRIAGE;

EID: 84872110845     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2012.04.009     Document Type: Review

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