Spending the night in an emergency room puts older adults at higher risk of dying in the hospital: studySome patients who have to spend a night in the emergency room before being admitted to the hospital may face a higher risk of dying there, according to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine. "This study is not surprising for anyone who works in health care at all," he told Fox News Digital in an email. "There is more that can potentially go wrong with older adults in the emergency room," he told Fox News Digital. Solving the emergency room bottleneck would require multiple changes, Perry said. Original article source: Spending the night in an emergency room puts older adults at higher risk of dying in the hospital: study

Source: Fox News November 15, 2023 11:58 UTC