ArticleBMC geriatrics2018
Mortality and associated risk factors for older adults admitted to the emergency department: a hospital cohort.
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- A study on the current state and equity level of the health promotion service demands among older adults in China.International journal for equity in health · 2023Article
- Current patterns of care at adult emergency department in Ethiopian tertiary university hospital.International journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Predictors of short- and long-term mortality in critically ill, older adults admitted to the emergency department: an observational study.BMC emergency medicine · 2022Observational
- One-year mortality of emergency department patients with substance-induced psychosis.PloS one · 2022Article
- Emergency department utilization and risk factors for mortality in older patients: an analysis of Korean National Emergency Department Information System data.Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Preventive health care services utilization and its associated factors among older adults in rural communities in Anambra State, Nigeria.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- Is the fast-track process efficient and safe for older adults admitted to the emergency department?BMC geriatrics · 2020Observational
- Hospital Complications and Frailty in Mexican Older Adults: An Emergency Care Cohort Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2020Article
- Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults with 72-Hour Emergency Department Returns: A Retrospective Cohort Study Developing the Rec-FLASH Score.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingObservational
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Abstract
backgroundOlder emergency department patients are more vulnerable than younger patients, yet many risk factors that contribute to the mortality of older patients remain unclear and under investigation. This study endeavored to determine mortality and factors associated with mortality in patients over 60 years of age who were admitted to the emergency departments of two general hospitals in Mexico City.
methodsThis is a hospital cohort study involving adults over 60 years of age admitted to the emergency department and who are beneficiaries of the Mexican Institute of Social Security and residents of Mexico City. All causes of mortality from the time of emergency department admission until a follow-up home visit after discharge were measured. Included risk factors were: socio-demographic, health-care related, mental and physical variables, and in-hospital care-related. Survival functions were estimated using Kaplan-Meier curves. Hazard ratios (HR) were derived from Cox regression models in a multivariate analysis.
resultsFrom the 1406 older adults who participated in this study, 306 (21.8%) did not survive. Independent mortality risk factors found in the last Cox model were age (HR = 1.02, 95% CI, 1.005-1.04; p = 0.01), length of stay in the ED (HR = 1.003, 95% CI = 0.99, 1.04; p = 0.006), geriatric care trained residents model in Hospital A (protective factor) (HR = 0.66, 95% CI = 0.46, 0.96; p = 0.031), and the FRAIL scale (HR of 1.34 95% CI, 1.02-1.76; p = 0.033).
conclusionsRisk factors for mortality in patients treated at Mexican emergency departments are length of stay and variables related to frailty status.
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