Axillary sweating in clinical assessment of dehydration in ill elderly patients

BMJ

Volumn 308, Issue 6939, 1994, Pages 1271-

  Eaton, D ^a   Bannister, P ^a   Mulley, G P ^a   Connolly, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEATING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SWEATING;

EID: 23444442717     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.308.6939.1271     Document Type: Article

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