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Causes of emergency department visits following thyroid and parathyroid surgery.
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Mrs Smith, a 92-year-old woman with moderately advanced Alzheimer disease is found in her NH room on the floor by a certified nursing assistant. The registered nurse is called and finds her vital signs to be normal, her mental status to be at her baseline, and no evidence of injury. Based on the NH’s policy, the nurse calls 911 and Mrs Smith is transported to the local hospital’s Emergency Depa...
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متن کاملEmergency department visits by nursing home residents in the United States.
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متن کاملIdentifying Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Visits by Nursing Home Residents in the United States.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General and Family Medicine
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2189-7948,2189-7948
DOI: 10.1002/jgf2.472