Factors associated with serious abdominal conditions in geriatric patients visiting the emergency department.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe authors confirmed that all methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The study was approved by the ethics committee of the Faculty of Medicine of the Prince of Songkla University (Ref. No.: REC 64-252-20-4). The informed consent requirement was waived in accordance with our institutional review board’s policy because the participants had no greater than minimum risk and the patients received standard medical care and due to retrospective nature of the study. The waived procedure had been approved by the ethics committee of the Faculty of Medicine of Prince of Songkla University (Ref. No.: REC 64-252-20-4). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no conflicting interests. Competing interests The authors declare no conflicting interests."

"Funding The Faculty of Medicine of Prince of Songkla University funded this study."