When should nursing home residents be transferred to hospital?;Når skal; sykehjemspasienter innlegges i sykehus?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 125, Issue 13-14, 2005, Pages 1844-1847

  Ranhoff, Anette Hylen ^a,b   Linnsund, Jan Magne ^c  

^a Mottakelsesavdelingen   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Medisinsk Avdeling   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANEMIA; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SERVICE; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL CARE; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 21844433722     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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