title: Getting old shouldn't be an emergency.
authors.affiliation: Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. fleshmanj@wustl.edu
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Fleshman
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome