Co-morbidity in acutely hospitalised older patients as a risk factor for death in hospital or within 3 months after discharge;Comorbiditeit bij acuut opgenomen oudere patiënten als risicofactor voor sterfte in het ziekenhuis of binnen 3 maanden na ontslag

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 151, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 1987-1993

  De Rooij, S E ^a   Buurman, B M ^a   Korevaar, J C ^a   Van Munster, B C ^a   Schuurmans, M J ^b   Lagaaij, A M ^c   Verhaar, H J J ^b   Levi, M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Infection and Immunology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DELIRIUM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34648828498     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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