Evaluation of functional capacity after hospital admission of nonagenarian patients;Valoración de la capacidad funcional después de un ingreso hospitalario en pacientes nonagenarios

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 695-696

  Formiga, Francesc ^a   Soto, Alfons López ^b   Sacanella, E ^b   Jacob, Xavier ^a   Masanés, Ferran ^b   Vidal, Marta ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional decline; Hospital admission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 0034716034     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(00)71666-6     Document Type: Review

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