title: [Examination of acute disease in the long-term geriatric ward].
abstract: We investigated the acute disorder in cases at the long-term geriatric ward. Fifty seven patients were admitted to the hospital during the period of October 2002 to March 2005. In our study, the following items were analyzed: (1) the number of admission, (2) diagnosis, (3) the duration of hospital stay, and (4) the cause of death. The admission of respiratory disease patients, such as pneumonia, bronchitis and pleuritis, were most frequent and had the longest term of hospitalization. We also found that patients with respiratory disease had undergone percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), and their hospitalization was relatively shorter.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Internal Medicine, Shinseikai-Toyama Hospital.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Futamura
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wakasa
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005853:Geriatrics; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000453:epidemiology*