Retrospective Analysis of the Oldest-Old Patients Who Applied to the Emergency Department and Their Differences from the Young-Old And Middle-Old

Aim: Our study examined young, middle, and oldest-old patients who visited the emergency department (ED) their differences.
 
 Material Methods: The research was executed retrospectively, utilizing medical data of aged 65 over applied to ED a hospital in Kayseri for two years between January 1, 2020, December 31, 2021. were young-old, 74 old; 75 84 middle-old, those 85 classified as oldest-old.
 Results: 84415 (13.7%) older during period. patients’ median age years, IQRs (69- 80) 53.9% (n=45466) female. 53.4% 33.4% 13.2% oldest-old. 7.2% (n=6060) hospitalized admitted intensive care unit, 7.8% (n=1719) died. Among first three reasons admitting ED, 20% (n=16874) had COVID-19, 14.4% (n=12131) gastrointestinal symptoms, 13.9% (n=11718) circulatory system symptoms. Oldest-old brought by ambulance more (38.4% vs. 50.9% 63.2% p< 0.001), stayed longer (81 103 116 minutes, p