Functional Assessment of elderly patients admitted for heart failure;Valoración functional en pacientes ancianos ingresados por insuficiencia cardiaca

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 740-742

  Formiga, Francesc ^a   Chivite, David ^a   Casas, Susana ^a   Manito, Nicolás ^a   Pujol, Ramon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Heart failure; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISABILITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRICS; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748449993     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13091377     Document Type: Article

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