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Effect of Prolonged Emergency Department Stays on Mortality and In-Hospital Complications in Geriatric Patients: A Prospective Analysis
2025-09-10
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Prolonged emergency department (ED) stay may worsen outcomes in older adults. This study evaluated whether ED stay ≥ 24 h is associated with 30-day in-hospital mortality and complications in patients aged ≥ 65 years. Methods This study enrolled 732 consecutive adults aged ≥ 65 years presenting to a university ED (March 15–June 30, 2025) and stratified into having ED stay of ≥...
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- Literature Corpus work
- b20b3c5c-91ba-5306-b154-5dd0e18a8067
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7447041/v1
