Hospital and 1-year outcomes of septic syndromes in older people: A cohort study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-212

  Regazzoni, Carlos Javier ^a   Zamora, Rafael Jose ^b   Petrucci, Enrique ^b   Pisarevsky, Ana Andrea ^b   Saad, Ariel Karim ^b   De Mollein, Daniela ^b   Luna, Carlos Marcelo ^b   Poderoso, Juan Jose ^b  

^a INECO   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Functional capacity; Organ failure; Sepsis; Septic syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SERRATIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ARGENTINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGENTINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 42449157197     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.2.210     Document Type: Article

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