Polypharmacy as a risk factor for hospital admission among elderly using emergency transport
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Background Aging is an urgent global-scale issue and Japan is the frontrunner of aging. Emergency department (ED) admission of the oldest-old challenges emergency physicians and polypharmacy has been considered as one of its possible risk factors. The aim of this study was to analyze hospital admission among patients aged 85 years and older using ambulance transport regarding its relationship with polypharmacy.
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