The relationship of indwelling urinary catheters to death, length of hospital stay, functional decline, and nursing home admission in hospitalized older medical patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-233

  Holroyd Leduc, Jayna M ^a,b,g   Sen, Saunak ^b   Bertenthal, Dan ^b   Sands, Laura P ^c   Palmer, Robert M ^d   Kresevic, Denise M ^e,f   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^b   Seth Landefeld, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^g FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hospitalized older patients; Morbidity; Mortality; Urinary catheters

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINE CATHETER; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846627749     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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