RT Book, Section
A1 Ahronheim, Judith C.
A1 Howland, Mary Ann
A2 Hoffman, Robert S.
A2 Howland, Mary Ann
A2 Lewin, Neal A.
A2 Nelson, Lewis S.
A2 Goldfrank, Lewis R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1108427526
T1 Geriatric Principles
T2 Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071801843
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108427526
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  population  is  aging  steadily  across  the  world.  In  the  United  States,  people  older  than  65  years  of  age  comprise  not  only  an  increasing  proportion  of  the  population  at  large  (13%)  but  also  an  increasing  proportion  of  patients  seen  in  medical  practices.  Compared  with  all  other  age  groups,  patients  older  than  65  years  of  age  account  for  one-fourth  of  emergency  department  (ED)  ambulance  arrivals  with  the  highest  proportion  of  patients  in  EDs  triaged  as  emergent102  and  the  highest  number  of  hospital  and  intensive  care  unit  admissions.117