Unspecific clinical presentation of bowel ischemia in the very old. Digitalis treatment - A reason for higher mortality?

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 200-205

  Wadman, Maria ^a   Syk, Ingvar ^a   Elmståhl, Sölve ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bowel ischemia; Digitalis; Elderly; Mortality; Prodromal symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFUSION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATEMESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

DIGITALIS;

EID: 4544357052     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327384     Document Type: Article

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