| Yazarlar (4) |
Abdulkerim Yılmaz
Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Fatma Mutlu KUKUL GÜVEN
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Şevki Hakan Eren
Gaziantep Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Aydın Toktamış
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| Özet |
| Background: The rates of becoming ill and of attending hospitals are much higher in the geriatric ages. In this study we aimed to classify and to compare the initial diagnosis by the systems in non traumatic geriatric patients attend to the emergency service of a university hospital.Method: Non traumatic patients aged 65 years or older, who attended the emergency service of the University Hospital in Sivas between the dates April 2001 and April 2002 were retrospectively predicted on the hospital records.Results: Between the dates, a total of 11734 patients attended the emergency service and 2071 (% 17.65) of them were in 65 years or older. The number of geriatric patients who attended the emergency service due to a non traumatic complaint was 1722. A percentage of 86.12 of 1722 patients attended due to a medical problem and a percentage of 5.05 of 1722 patients attended due to a surgical problem. The … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | Uluslararası alan indekslerindeki dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Middle East Journal of Age and Ageing (ME-JAA) |
| Dergi ISSN | 1449-8677 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | EBSCO |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 04-2005 |
| Cilt No | 2 |
| Sayı | 1 |
