Previous cognitive impairment and failure to thrive syndrome in patients who died in a geriatric convalescence hospitalization unit

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 7-11

  Aguilera, A ^a   Pi Figuews, M ^a   Arellano, M ^a   Torres, R M ^a   Garcia Caselles M P ^a   Robles, M J ^a   Miralles, R ^a   Cervera, A M ^a  

^a Del Mar University   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Depression; Failure to thrive syndrome (FTS); Geriatric patients; Primary FTS; Secondary FTS

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; FRAIL ELDERLY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 3042685140     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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