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Emergency surgery in the elderly: challenges and solutions

Elderly patients frequently present with surgical emergencies to health care providers, and outcomes in this group of patients remain poor. Contributing factors include frailty, preexisting comorbidity, polypharmacy, delayed diagnosis, and lack of timely and consultant-led treatment. In this review,...

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Autores principales: Torrance, Andrew D W, Powell, Susan L, Griffiths, Ewen A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4806808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27147891
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OAEM.S68324