TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Geriatric Principles A1 - Ahronheim, Judith C. A1 - Howland, Mary Ann A2 - Hoffman, Robert S. A2 - Howland, Mary Ann A2 - Lewin, Neal A. A2 - Nelson, Lewis S. A2 - Goldfrank, Lewis R. PY - 2015 T2 - Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10e AB - The population is aging steadily across the world. In the United States, people older than 65 years of age comprise not only an increasing proportion of the population at large (13%) but also an increasing proportion of patients seen in medical practices. Compared with all other age groups, patients older than 65 years of age account for one-fourth of emergency department (ED) ambulance arrivals with the highest proportion of patients in EDs triaged as emergent102 and the highest number of hospital and intensive care unit admissions.117 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108427526 ER -