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Systematic geriatric assessment for older patients with frailty in the emergency department: a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Comprehensive geriatric assessment provided in hospital wards in frail patients admitted to hospital has been shown to reduce mortality and increase the likelihood of living at home later. Systematic geriatric assessment provided in emergency departments (ED) may be effective for reducin...

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Autores principales: Alakare, Janne, Kemp, Kirsi, Strandberg, Timo, Castrén, Maaret, Jakovljević, Dimitrije, Tolonen, Jukka, Harjola, Veli-Pekka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8252275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34215193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02351-2