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Optimizing senior’s surgical care - Elder-friendly Approaches to the Surgical Environment (EASE) study: rationale and objectives

BACKGROUND: It is estimated that seniors (≥65 years old) account for >50 % of acute inpatient hospital days and are presenting for surgical evaluation of acute illness in increasing numbers. Unfortunately, conventional acute care models rarely take into account needs of the elderly population. Th...

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Autores principales: Khadaroo, Rachel G., Padwal, Raj S., Wagg, Adrian S., Clement, Fiona, Warkentin, Lindsey M., Holroyd-Leduc, Jayna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4546177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26293153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1001-2