Predictors of Mortality in Elderly and Very Elderly Emergency Patients with Sepsis: A Retrospective Study
Introduction: Elderly patients are at increased risk of developing sepsis and its adverse outcomes. Diagnosing and prognosing sepsis is particularly challenging in older patients, especially early at emergency department (ED) arrival. We aimed to study and compare the characteristics of elderly and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6x33s8s7 |