The effect of culture-positive influenza type A on resource use and adverse events in nursing home residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1416-1420

  Drinka, Paul J ^a,b,c   Krause, Peggy ^a   Nest, Lori ^a   Dissing, Margaret ^a   Gravenstein, Stefan ^d   Goodman, Brian M ^e  

^a Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Influenza; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036677267     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50364.x     Document Type: Article

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