Characteristics and outcomes of older persons attending the emergency department: A retrospective cohort study

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 977-987

  Kennelly, S P ^a   Drumm, B ^a   Coughlan, T ^a   Collins, R ^a   O'Neill, D ^a   Romero Ortuno, R ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGE; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLAPSE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RETREATMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84964315881     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcu111     Document Type: Article

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