Prediction of 90-day mortality in older patients after discharge from an emergency department: a retrospective follow-up study
Background: Older people frequently attend the emergency department (ED) and have a high risk of poor outcome as compared to their younger counterparts. Our aim was to study routinely collected clinical parameters as predictors of 90-day mortality in older patients attending our ED. Methods: We conducted a retrospective follow-up study at the Leiden University Medical Center (The Netherlands) among patients aged 70 years or older attending the ED in 2012. Predictors were age, gender, time and way of arrival, presenting complaint, consulting medical specialty, vital signs, pain score and labora... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Journal article |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
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BioMed Central
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Schlagwörter: | Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Emergency Medicine / Geriatrics / Risk factors / Mortality / MEDICAL ADMISSIONS / OUTCOMES / ADULTS / RISK / CARE / VALIDATION / PEOPLE / COHORT / TOOL / Age Factors / Aged / 80 and over / Emergency Service / Hospital / Female / Follow-Up Studies / Health Status / Humans / Male / Netherlands / Patient Discharge / Regression Analysis / Retrospective Studies / Sex Factors / Socioeconomic Factors / Time Factors |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27587432 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/57492 |