Subcutaneous fluids in elderly hospital patients with cognitive impairment

Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-39

  O'Keeffe S T ^a   Lavan, J N ^b  

^a Royal Liverpool Hospital   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Delirium; Dementia; Geriatric; Inpatients; Subcutaneous infusions

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EDEMA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFUSION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CREATININE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; SAFETY; UREA;

EID: 0030044975     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213768     Document Type: Article

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