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

BACKGROUND: Emergency Departments (EDs) have to cope with an increasing number of elderly patients, often presenting with non-specific complaints (NSC), such as generalized weakness. Acute morbidity requiring early intervention is present in the majority of patients with NSC. Therefore, an early and...

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Autores principales: Misch, Franziska, Messmer, Anna Sarah, Nickel, Christian Hans, Gujan, Madleina, Graber, Andreas, Blume, Katharina, Bingisser, Roland
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24871340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098097

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24871340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098097

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