Oral infections in home-living elderly patients admitted to an acute geriatric ward

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1271-1276

  Meurman, J H ^a   Pajukoski, H ^b   Snellman, S ^b   Zeiler, S ^b,c   Sulkava, R ^b,c  

^a Institute of Dentistry   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Harjula Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute ward; Blood leucocyte count; C reactive protein; Dentogenic infection; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Geriatric patients

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL INDEX; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC;

EID: 0031158528     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345970760060601     Document Type: Article

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