The assessment of complexity in internal medicine patients. The FADOI Medicomplex Study

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 283-287

  Nardi, Roberto ^a   Scanelli, Giovanni ^b   Borioni, Daniele ^a   Grandi, Marco ^c   Sacchetti, Carla ^c   Parenti, Mario ^d   Fiorino, Sirio ^e   Iori, Ido ^f   Di Donato, Carlo ^g   Agostinelli, Paolo ^h   Cipollini, Francesco ⁱ   Pelliccia, Gennaro ^j   Centurioni, Riccardo ^k   Pontoriero, Laura ^l  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Sassuolo   (Italy)

^d Ospedale di Rimini   (Italy)

^e Ospedale di Budrio   (Italy)

^f S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Ospedale di Vignola   (Italy)

^h Ospedale di Jesi   (Italy)

ⁱ Ospedale di Amandola Ascoli Piceno   (Italy)

^j Ospedale di Fermo   (Italy)

^k Ospedale di Civitanova Marche   (Italy)

^l Ospedale di Lamezia Terme   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Co morbidity; Complexity; Elderly; Internal medicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; SHOCK; SPEECH DISORDER; STROKE; WARD;

EID: 34250182797     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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