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Emergency medicine in the extreme geriatric era: A retrospective analysis of patients aged in their mid 90s and older in the emergency department.

Martin MüllerMeret E RicklinStefan WeilerAristomenis K ExadaktylosSpyridon Arampatzis
Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2017)
Most ED visits of older adults aged in their mid 90s and older were due to falls and fractures, and resulted in hospitalization. The present findings clearly emphasize the need for further investigations of drug prescription patterns and fracture prevention in such patients. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2018; 18: 415-420.
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