Prevalence of Geriatric Syndromes and the Need for Hospice Care in Older Patients of the Emergency Department: A Study in an Asian Medical Center.
Ya-Ting KeAn-Chi PengYi-Min ShuMin-Hsien ChungKang-Ting TsaiPing-Jen ChenTzu-Chieh WengChien-Chin HsuHung-Jung LinChien-Cheng HuangPublished in: Emergency medicine international (2020)
Geriatric syndromes and the need for hospice care were common in the older ED patients. Further studies about subsequent intervention for improving geriatric care are needed.
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