Screening for elderly patients admitted to the emergency department requiring specialized geriatric care

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 739-745

  Beauchet, Olivier ^a,b   Launay, Cyrille P ^b   Fantino, Bruno ^a,b   Lerolle, Nicolas ^a   Maunoury, Franck ^c   Annweiler, Cédric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Fondation Ellen Poidatz   (France)

Author keywords

elderly patients; long hospital stay; medical emergency unit; screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ELDERLY PATIENTS; LONG HOSPITAL STAY; MEDICAL EMERGENCY UNIT; SCREENING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84886951139     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.11.110     Document Type: Article

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