Reduction of functional deterioration during hospitalization in an acute geriatric unit

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-39

  Zelada, Marco A ^a,c   Salinas, Roberto ^b   Baztán, Juan J ^c  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DOS DE MAYO   (Peru)

^b Servicio de Geriatría del Hospital de la Fuerza Aérea del Perú   (Peru)

^c HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute geriatric care unit; Functional decline; Geriatric assessment; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 56949091199     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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