Prognostic value of functional assessment at admission in an emergency short-stay unit;Valor pronóstico de la valoración funcional al ingreso en una unidad de corta estancia de Urgencias

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 63-66

  Fernández Alonso, Cesareo ^a   Martín Sánchez, Francisco Javier ^a   Fuentes Ferrer, Manuel ^a   González del Castillo, Juan ^a   Verdejo Bravo, Carlos ^a   Gil Gregorio, Pedro ^a   Ribera Casado, Jose Manuel ^a   Villarroel Elipe, Pedro ^a   González Armengol, Juan Jorge ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Functional impairment; Older patients; Prior dependency; Prolonged stay

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY SHORT STAY UNIT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE;

EID: 77949570803     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: 15781747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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