Oxidative stress and multi-organ failure in hospitalized elderly people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1150-1152

  Powers, James S ^a,b   Roberts II, L Jackson ^b   Tarvin, Emily ^b   Hongu, Nobuko ^b,c   Choi, Leena ^b,c   Buchowski, Maciej ^b,c  

^a Tennessee Valley Healthcare System   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Tennessee Clinical Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FREE RADICAL; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; AGING; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; ISOPROSTANES; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 44649087085     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01695.x     Document Type: Letter

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