Medical emergencies and comorbidities in the elderly and very elderly patients in North India

Medical emergencies and comorbidities in the elderly and very elderly patients in North India

Objective: Older patients are rapidly increasing in the emergency department in low-middle-income countries and have poor outcomes. The present study aimed to find the spectrum of comorbidities, medical emergencies, and prognosis in geriatric patients and compare the elderly with very elderly patie...

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Main Authors:	Aastha Poddar, Suresh Selvam, Atul Saroch, Ashok Kumar Pannu, Prannoy George Mathen, Mohan Kumar, Deba Prasad Dhibar, Navneet Sharma
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:	International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases
Subjects:	comorbidities elderly emergency emergency department geriatrics infection survival very elderly
Online Access:	http://www.ijncd.org/article.asp?issn=2468-8827;year=2023;volume=8;issue=2;spage=75;epage=83;aulast=Poddar

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