Age Problem, Emergencies, Gender
Conditions
Keywords
sex, gender, age, emergency department
Brief summary
The goal of this observational study is to learn about difference related to age and gender in patients admitted to emergency department.
Detailed description
Objectives: Medicine is progressively becoming aware of the clinical difference among patients who present different age, gender, and comorbidities. Our goal is to examine how often different groups of patients access the Emergency Department and for which causes, as well as their different hospitalization and death rates. Materials and methods: The investigators will collect and analyze data from all patients evaluated at the emergency department of Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli and Istituto Clinico Humanitas di Milano from January 2014 to December 2023, the sample obtained will be divided into four groups: younger than 50 years old, 50-65 years old, 66.75 years old, older than 75; each of these groups is divided between males, females and people who do not identify with either of those genders
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Age over 18 y * Admitted to emergency department
Exclusion criteria
* Age under 18 y
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Death | 30 days | Death |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| length of stay | 180 days | length of stay |
Countries
Italy