What are "normal" laboratory parameters in elderly patients when examined on first admission to a geriatric hospital? - A pilot study

European Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 86-93

  Bohmer F ^a   Lapin, Alexander ^a  

^a Soz Med Ztr Sophienspital S Wien   (Austria)

Author keywords

Geriatric patients; Laboratory parameters; Normal values; Old age

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHLORIDE; CHOLINESTERASE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; THYROID HORMONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URATE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEOPLASM; NORMAL VALUE; PARAMETER; REFERENCE VALUE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SENESCENCE; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0038177404     PISSN: 14391147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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