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Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie
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01.03.2021 | Editorial

Improving the care for older emergency department patients: the Acutely Presenting Older Patient study

verfasst von: Simon P. Mooijaart, MD PhD

Erschienen in: Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie | Ausgabe 2/2021

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Acutely ill older people who arrive in the emergency department (ED) are particularly vulnerable, with a high risk of undesired outcomes: loss of independence, loss of quality of life or even death. In the Netherlands, 3 months after over 70-year-old patients visit the ED for any reason around 10% are deceased and another 20% do not functionally recover up to the level prior to ED presentation [1]. Not surprisingly, those who suffer loss of functional capacity also report reduction of quality of life [2]. …
Vorheriger Artikel Warum es geriatrische Expertise in der Notfallmedizin braucht
Nächster Artikel Geriatric Education for Emergency Medical Services
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Metadaten
Titel
Improving the care for older emergency department patients: the Acutely Presenting Older Patient study
verfasst von
Simon P. Mooijaart, MD PhD
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2021
Verlag
Springer Medizin
Erschienen in
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie / Ausgabe 2/2021
Print ISSN: 0948-6704
Elektronische ISSN: 1435-1269
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-021-01856-0

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