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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |