Woitok BK, Ravioli S, Funk GC, et al. - Researchers sought to report on the specific characteristics of elderly people, defined by age 65 years and older, in the emergency setting. Between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2018, they observed a continuous rise in the prevalence of elderly patients (≥ 65 years) admitted to the ED, from 33% in 2015 to 37.8% in 2018. There were 709 patients aged 90 years and older (3.6%) in 2018. Octogenarians and nonagenarians did not differ in overall disease burden, number of medications and hospital length of stay. Outcomes indicated death among these patients is independently associated with age above 90 years and high comorbidity burden. Longer hospitalizations were reported in correlation with polypharmacy, hyponatremia and high comorbidity burden. Independent risk factors for placement in a nursing facility were advanced age and high comorbidity burden.