Drug - related emergency department visits by elderly patients presenting with non-specific complaints

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nickel, Christian H ^a   Ruedinger, Juliane M ^a   Messmer, Anna S ^a   Maile, Silke ^a   Peng, Arno ^a   Bodmer, Michael ^a   Kressig, Reto W ^a   Kraehenbuehl, Stephan ^a   Bingisser, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG TOXICITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWITZERLAND; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG TOXICITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84874484622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-21-15     Document Type: Article

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