Functional status of hospitalized old patients an important prognostic factor;Situación funcional en el anciano hospitalizado: Un marcador pronóstico relevante

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 173-174

  Alarcón, Teresa ^a   González Montalvo, Juan Ignacio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 47649115093     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13124961     Document Type: Editorial

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