| Title |
Impact of Observation on Disposition of Elderly Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments with Non-Specific Complaints
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0098097 |
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| Authors |
Franziska Misch, Anna Sarah Messmer, Christian Hans Nickel, Madleina Gujan, Andreas Graber, Katharina Blume, Roland Bingisser |
| Abstract |
Emergency Departments (EDs) have to cope with an increasing number of elderly patients, often presenting with non-specific complaints (NSC), such as generalized weakness. Acute morbidity requiring early intervention is present in the majority of patients with NSC. Therefore, an early and optimal disposition plan is crucial. The objective of this study was to prospectively study the disposition process of patients presenting to the ED with NSC. |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 14% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 10 | 29% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 46% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 3% |
| Psychology | 1 | 3% |
| Linguistics | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 11 | 31% |