[Surgical emergencies in elderly patients].

Urgences chirurgicales chez le patient âgé.

Publisher: Masson Country of Publication: France NLM ID: 9616322 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1268-6034 (Print) Linking ISSN: 12686034 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Soins Gerontol

Original Publication: Paris : Masson, c1996-

Aged*/statistics & numerical data ; Emergencies*/epidemiology ; Surgical Procedures, Operative*/adverse effects ; Surgical Procedures, Operative*/nursing ; Surgical Procedures, Operative*/statistics & numerical data; Comorbidity ; Confusion/complications ; Coronary Disease/complications ; Delayed Diagnosis ; Emergency Medicine ; France/epidemiology ; Geriatric Assessment ; Geriatric Nursing ; Humans ; Postoperative Complications/epidemiology ; Postoperative Complications/etiology ; Postoperative Complications/prevention & control

Surgical emergencies represent a diverse combination of common and particularly severe pathologies in elderly patients. This severity is due in part to concurrent comorbidities and sometimes atypical clinical presentations, causing delay in diagnosis and treatment.

Date Created: 20110323 Date Completed: 20110401 Latest Revision: 20110321

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