Preventing emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalisations of older adults with cognitive impairment compared with the general senior population: what do we know about avoidable incidents? Results from a scoping review

OBJECTIVES: Older cognitively impaired adults present a higher risk of hospitalisation and mortality following a visit to the emergency department (ED). Better understanding of avoidable incidents is needed to prevent them and the associated ED presentations in community-dwelling adults. This study...

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Autores principales: Gagnon-Roy, Mireille, Hami, Benyahia, Généreux, Mélissa, Veillette, Nathalie, Sirois, Marie-Josée, Egan, Mary, Provencher, Véronique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5905733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29666129
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019908

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5905733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29666129
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019908

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