TY  - JOUR
T1  - Elderly Patients in the Emergency Department: Risks, Vulnerabilities, and Fragility
AU  - Özdemir, Serdar
PY  - 2024
DA  - July
Y2  - 2024
DO  - 10.46871/eams.1435394
JF  - Experimental and Applied Medical Science
JO  - Exp Appl Med Sci
PB  - Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2757-847X
SP  - 129
EP  - 130
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
LA  - en
AB  - Elderly patients, due to their advanced age and often frail health status, are particularly vulnerable when they require overnight stays in the emergency department. The fragility of these individuals amplifies the risks associated with prolonged stays in this environment.
KW  - geriatrics
KW  - fargility
KW  - older
CR  - 1.	Clegg A, Young J, Iliffe S, Rikkert MO, Rockwood K. Frailty in elderly people. Lancet. 2013 Mar 2;381(9868):752-62. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62167-9.
CR  - 2.	Gower LE, Gatewood MO, Kang CS. Emergency department management of delirium in the elderly. West J Emerg Med. 2012 May;13(2):194-201. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2011.10.6654.
CR  - 3.	Akça HŞ, Özdemir S, Algin A, Kar E, Altunok İ. Evaluation of The Efficacy of The Clinical Frailty Scale in The Prediction of Prognosis In Geriatric Patients Presenting To The Emergency Department With Acute Abdominal Pathologies: A Prospective Study. KTD. January 2023;24(1):36-42. doi:10.18229/kocatepetip.985311.
CR  - 4.	Singh A, Misra N. Loneliness, depression and sociability in old age. Ind Psychiatry J. 2009 Jan;18(1):51-5. doi: 10.4103/0972-6748.57861.
CR  - Angulo J, El Assar M, Álvarez-Bustos A, Rodríguez-Mañas L. Physical activity and exercise: Strategies to manage frailty. Redox Biol. 2020 Aug;35:101513. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101513
UR  - https://doi.org/10.46871/eams.1435394
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/3721905
ER  -