Impact of Observation on Disposition of Elderly Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments with Non-Specific Complaints

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Misch, Franziska ^a   Messmer, Anna Sarah ^a   Nickel, Christian Hans ^a   Gujan, Madleina ^a   Graber, Andreas ^a   Blume, Katharina ^a   Bingisser, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NON SPECIFIC COMPLAINT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA; VERY ELDERLY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATIGUE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND; UTILIZATION;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FATIGUE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84901660159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098097     Document Type: Article

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