Acute phase proteins, C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A protein, as prognostic markers in the elderly inpatient

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-158

  Hogarth, Maxine B ^a   Gallimore, J Ruth ^a   Savage, Philip ^a   Palmer, Alison J ^a   Starr, John M ^a   Bulpitt, Christopher J ^a   Pepys, Mark B ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; C reactive protein; Elderly inpatients; Prognostic markers; Serum amyloid A protein

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MARKER; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS INFECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 0030991558     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.2.153     Document Type: Article

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