Management of critically ill frail elderly patients: The development of an intermediate care unit in the geriatric department, Hospital of Verona;La gestione del paziente anziano critico: Attivazione di un'area di cure intermedie nel reparto di 1a Geriatria dell'Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona

Giornale di Gerontologia

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-30

  Bellamoli, Claudio ^a   Azzini, M ^a   Bozzini, C ^a   Bisoffi, G ^a   Rozzini, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UO Geriatria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Frail elderly patients; Intermediate care units

Indexed keywords

AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 77952353768     PISSN: 00170305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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