Predicting early mortality among elderly patients hospitalised in medical wards via Emergency Department: The safes cohort study

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 599-604

  Drame, M ^a,b   Jovenin, N ^a,c   Novella, J L ^a,b   Lang, P O ^a,d   Somme, D ^e   Laniece, I ^f   Voisin, T ^g   Blanc, P ^h   Couturier, P ^f   Gauvain, J B ^h   Blanchard, F ^a,b   Jolly, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b Hopital Sebastopol   (France)

^c HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^f GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^h Geriatrics Centre   (France)

Author keywords

Early mortality; Elderly people; Prediction; Risk score; Short stay wards

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 55049112430     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02983207     Document Type: Article

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