Pattern of emergency department visits by elderly patients: study from a tertiary care hospital, Karachi

BACKGROUND: Worldwide the proportion of elderly people in the population is increasing. Currently in Pakistan 7.3 million people (5.6% of total population) are more than 60 years old. This age shift has emerged as an important health issue and is associated with an increased utilization of emergency...

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Autores principales: Fayyaz, Jabeen, Khursheed, Munawar, Mir, Mohammed Umer, Khan, UzmaRahim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23937518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-83

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23937518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-83

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