Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 238-247, March 2002

Older adults in the emergency department: A systematic review of patterns of use, adverse outcomes, and effectiveness of interventions☆*

Received 18 April 2001; received in revised form 3 August 2001, 28 September 2001 and 31 October 2001; accepted 9 November 2001.

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    • ☆ Address for reprints: Faranak Aminzadeh, RN, MScN, Regional Geriatric Assessment Program of Ottawa Carleton, Geriatric Outreach Team, 39 Robertson Road, Suite 100, Nepean, Ontario, Canada, K2H 8R2; 613-721-4148, fax 613-820-6659; E-mail faminzadeh@qch.on.ca .

    * Author contributions are provided at the end of this article. Author contributions: FA and WBD conceived the research questions for the review. FA designed the methods of literature search and data extraction, conducted the review, and synthesized and analyzed the data. WBD participated in the review of selected literature and in the interpretation of the findings. FA drafted the manuscript and both authors contributed to its revision. FA takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

    PII: S0196-0644(02)53061-4

    doi:10.1067/mem.2002.121523

    Annals of Emergency Medicine
    Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 238-247, March 2002