FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH FREQUENT USE OF EMERGENCY-DEPARTMENT SERVICES IN A GERIATRIC POPULATION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Factors associated with frequent use of emergency-department services in a geriatric population: a systematic review

Abstract Background Frequent geriatric users of emergency departments (EDs) constitute a small group of individuals accounting for a disproportionately high number of ED visits.In addition to overcrowding, this situation might result in a less appropriate response to health needs Suspension Track Bar and negative health impacts.Geriatric patients t

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Revision of the Assassin Bug Genus Sigicoris stat. nov. Based on Morphological Study and Molecular Phylogeny (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae)

Peiratinae is a cosmopolitan subfamily within Reduviidae with more than 300 known species in 34 genera.There are also some taxa endemic to leather-collar islands, but their taxonomic status and biology require further study.After examining type specimens of the peiratine species distributed in New Guinea, we found that some of them share many morph

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Construction and validation of a matrix for normative evaluation of the integrated health system of the borders

Objective: to build and validate a matrix for normative evaluation of the Integrated Health System of Borders.Method: a methodological study, composed by the construction of an evaluation matrix elaborated in three stages: elaboration of the logical model, containing the triad of structure, process and result; definition of evaluative questions and

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