학술논문
Functional decline in older adults with suspected pneumonia at emergency department presentation.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*PNEUMONIA
*PATIENTS
*SECONDARY analysis
*PROXY
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*FUNCTIONAL status
*HOSPITAL emergency services
*EMERGENCY medical services
*DISEASE prevalence
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*DISCHARGE planning
*GERIATRIC assessment
*RESEARCH methodology
*COMPARATIVE studies
*ACTIVITIES of daily living
*OLD age
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ISSN
0002-8614
Abstract
The article presents a study which described the prevalence of acute decline in ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL) in older adults presenting to the emergency department (ED) with suspected pneumonia. Topics discussed include demographic characteristics of older ED patients with suspected pneumonia, and limitations of the study, and the need of emergency physicians to evaluate for acute decline during their treatment and disposition decisions.