Investigation of Geriatric Patients with Abdominal Pain Admitted to Emergency Department.

Pınar Henden Çam Ahmet BaydinSavaş YürükerAli Kemal ErenlerErdinç Şengüldür

Published in: Current gerontology and geriatrics research (2018)

Clinical findings become indistinct by age, and differential diagnosis of abdominal pain gets more difficult in geriatric patients. Therefore, physicians should consider age related physiological changes in order to distinguish geriatric patients admitted to emergency service with abdominal pain from pathological cases requiring immediate surgical operation.

Keyphrases

abdominal pain
emergency department
end stage renal disease
healthcare
hip fracture
ejection fraction
primary care
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
mental health
public health
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
adverse drug