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Pattern of emergency department visits by elderly patients: study from a tertiary care hospital, Karachi

Jabeen Fayyaz, Munawar Khursheed, Mohammed Umer Mir, Uzma Rahim Khan

BMC Geriatrics · 2013 · 36 citations · 29 references

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Elderly ED users differ significantly from younger adults in terms of criticality on presentation, ED LOS and final disposition.

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