Hypernatremic dehydration in the elderly on admission to hospital

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 156-160

  Molaschi, Mario ^a   Ponzetto, Maria ^a   Massaia, Massimiliano ^a   Villa, Laura ^a   Scarafiotti, Carla ^a   Ferrario, Ermanno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Elderly; Hospital admission; Hypernatremia

Indexed keywords

NELFINAVIR; SODIUM;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; ITALY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NELFINAVIR; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 0031290308     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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