The Morbidity Pattern of Geriatric Age Group Patients Admitted in Medicine Ward Through Emergency
TIASH SAMANTA,
SATYENTRA NATH SAHA,
BADAL KUMAR SAHU
et al.
Abstract:Objectives: Geriatric patients have higher admission rates, readmission rates, mortality rates, and emergency department attendance rates as compared to younger patients. They suffer from multiple comorbidities. Hence, the current study aims to find out the common causes of emergency hospital admission of geriatric populations and to describe their morbidity pattern.
Methods: A total of 208 geriatric patients were included in the study. After taking proper consent from the caregiver/relative; the detailed hist… Show more
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