Table 1.

The diseases that most often drive the elderly to apply for an urgent evaluation.

Medical emergency

Cardiovascular diseases (angina, heart failure, arrhythmias, syncope)

Respiratory (acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, pneumonia)

Cancer (cancer of the lung, breast, large bowel)

Neurological diseases (acute cerebrovascular disease, altered state of consciousness)

Chirurgical emergency

Trauma and fractures

Clinical emergency

Dehydration, urinary tract infections, intestinal sub-ileus, delirium, behavioral disturbances and subsequent guidance of therapeutic

prescription

Acute respiratory failure from respiratory infection, acute myocardial infarction, sepsis

Clinical problems related to an incorrect home management

Oversedation from psychopharmacological treatment, side effects from medications (iatrogenic hypotension, hypoglycemia jatrogena)