In-hospital death and adverse clinical events in elderly patients according to disease clustering: The REPOSI study

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 469-477

  Marengoni, A ^a   Bonometti, F ^a   Nobili, A ^b   Tettamanti, M ^b   Salerno, F ^c   Corrao, S ^d   Iorio, A ^e   Marcucci, M ^e   Mannucci, P M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^f FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS;

EID: 77956119700     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2009.1002     Document Type: Article

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