Comparison of subcutaneous and intravenous rehydration in geriatric patients: A randomized trial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-160

  Slesak, Günther ^a,c   Schnürle, Joachim W ^a   Kinzel, Eduard ^a   Jakob, Johann ^a   Dietz, Klaus ^b  

^a Tropenklin Paul Lechler Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Geriatric; Hypodermoclysis; Subcutaneous

Indexed keywords

STEROFUNDIN; STEROFUNDIN HEG 5;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; OPEN STUDY; ORIENTATION; PAIN; PHLEBITIS; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REHYDRATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STANDARDIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0037318879     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51052.x     Document Type: Article

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