Influence of orthostatic hypotension on mortality among patients discharged from an acute geriatric ward

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 602-606

  Weiss, Avraham ^a   Beloosesky, Yichayaou ^a   Kornowski, Ran ^a   Yalov, Alexandra ^a   Grinblat, Joseph ^a   Grossman, Ehud ^b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Mortality; Orthostatic hypotension

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33744464260     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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