Outcomes of infection in nursing home residents with and without early hospital transfer

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 590-596

  Boockvar, Kenneth S ^a,b   Gruber Baldini, Ann L ^c   Burton, Lynda ^d   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^e   May, Conrad ^c   Magaziner, Jay ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Nursing homes; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; SKIN INFECTION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HOME FOR THE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MARYLAND; NURSING HOMES; OBSERVATION; PATIENT TRANSFER; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18944366555     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53205.x     Document Type: Article

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