Response to dehydration in elderly patients in long-term care

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 372-377

  O'Neill, P A ^a,b   Duggan, J ^a   Davies, I ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Continuing care; Dehydration; Elderly; Plasma osmolality

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHYDRATION; THIRST; URINE OSMOLALITY; WEIGHT;

EID: 0031452565     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339616     Document Type: Article

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