Decreased general condition in the emergency department: High in-hospital mortality and a broad range of discharge diagnoses

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 241-246

  Djärv, Therese ^a,b   Castrén, Maaret ^a   Martenson, Linda ^a   Kurland, Lisa ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Fragility; Nonspecific condition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CYSTITIS; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SKIN DISEASE; STOMACH ULCER; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942980771     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000164     Document Type: Article

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