Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 78-87 , February 2010

Features and Prognostic Factors for Elderly With Acute Poisoning in the Emergency Department

  • Yu-Hui Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hsiu-Ling Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Wen-Hua Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hsien-Hao Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Cheng-Chang Yang

      Affiliations

    • Section of Toxicology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • David H.T. Yen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr David H.T. Yen, Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Wei-Fong Kao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Jou-Fan Deng

      Affiliations

    • Section of Toxicology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chun-I Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 24 June 2009 ,Accepted 23 December 2009.

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PII: S1726-4901(10)70006-X

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(10)70006-X

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 78-87 , February 2010

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