Evaluation of the elderly patient with weakness: An evidence based approach

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 265-278

  Chew, W M ^a   Birnbaumer, D M ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0032974636     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70056-0     Document Type: Article

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