Dehydration in the elderly strategies for prevention and management

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 41-72

  Sansevero, Anne C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; DEHYDRATION; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AGED; DEHYDRATION; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0031111927     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006205-199704000-00004     Document Type: Article

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