Observational studyBMJ open2022
Gastric emergencies in older adults: not always the same old story! A tertiary care emergency department observational cohort study.
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- Gastric Cancer Surgery in an Emergency Setting: Insights from a Western Multicenter Cohort.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Psychotropic Drugs for Older Adults With Psychiatric Disorders Presenting to the Emergency Department: Prescription Patterns and Treatment Outcomes.Psychiatric research and clinical practice · 2025Article
- Gastro-intestinal emergency surgery: Evaluation of morbidity and mortality. Protocol of a prospective, multicenter study in Italy for evaluating the burden of abdominal emergency surgery in different age groups. (The GESEMM study).Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo analyse and compare the clinical outcomes between patients ≥80 years and 65-79 years, who presented to our emergency department (ED) with the two most common gastric emergency (GE) clinical presentation, that is, gastric bleeding and gastric perforation.
designSingle-centre retrospective cohort study.
participantsA total of 1011 patients were enrolled: 421 patients aged ≥80 years were compared with a group of 590 patients aged 65-79 years. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome was to compare the overall mortality. Secondary outcomes included major complications, in-hospital length of stay (LOS) and need for surgical procedures.
resultsPatients ≥80 years with GE had different presentations at ED compared with younger patients: they had higher gastrointestinal bleeding (24.9% vs 16.3%, p=0.001), anemisation (14.5% vs 8.8%, p
conclusionsPatients ≥80 years with GE did not have a higher mortality rate and cumulative major complications as compared to younger elderly patients. Invasive treatments were not associated with a different prognosis in this age group.
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