Acute Abdominal Pain in the Elderly
Abdominal pain is a common occurrence in the elderly patients and poses a difficult challenge for the emer-gency physician. Previous studies demonstrated that among the elderly patients presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain, at least 50% were hospitalized and 30–40% eventually h...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)
2007-06-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Gerontology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959808700267 |