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Study Objectives: There is scant literature describing the morbidity and mortality of elderly emergency department patients who present with acute undifferentiated abdominal pain. Our hypothesis is that increasing age correlates with increased morbidity and mortality, and worse outcomes. We defined these outcomes as initial admission rates, length of hospital stay (LOS), and mortality. Methods: We performed an IRB-approved, two-center, retrospective, chart review on a consecutive cohort of patients presenting to either a tertiary care, suburban, academic emergency department (annual census 60,000) or a tertiary care, urban, academic center (annual census 80,000) who had an initial complaint of abdominal pain. Patients who were 65 years of age or above and who presented in a 3 month time period between 10-1-03 to 12-31-03 were included. Charts were identified via a standardized search using defined EMSTAT software protocols. Data were collected using a standardized collection tool and included: demographic data, admission rates and hospital course. Discharged patients had a follow-up telephone call to obtain outcome data. Data were analyzed with Chi Square, Fisher's exact test, and

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Author

M.R. Baumann; T.D. Strout

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Mosby Inc.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1097-6760)

Published

2005

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)