A review of the literature on dehydration in the institutionalized elderly

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Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Begum, Monirun Nessa ^a   Johnson, C Shanthi ^b  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confusion; Dehydration; Disorientation; Elderly; Hypernatremia; Hyponatremia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; BILE PIGMENT; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM; UREA; VASOPRESSIN;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERIOLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD FLOW; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DEATH; DECUBITUS; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DISORIENTATION; DYSPHAGIA; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FALLING; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GASTROENTERITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INCONTINENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDLINE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MORTALITY; MUCOSAL DRYNESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHRON; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OLIGURIA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OSMORECEPTOR; PLASMA VOLUME; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SERUM OSMOLARITY; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN TURGOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SODIUM APPETITE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THIRST; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE; URINE COLOR; VOMITING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WATER LOSS;

EID: 77049107314     PISSN: 17514991     EISSN: 17514991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclnm.2009.10.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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