Serum albumin level at admission: Mortality and clinical outcome in geriatric patients

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 314, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-20

  D'Erasmo, Emilio ^a   Pisani, Daniela ^a   Ragno, Alessandro ^a   Romagnoli, Stefano ^a   Spagna, Gaetano ^a   Acca, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Hypoalbuminemia; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030850103     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199707000-00004     Document Type: Article

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