Bioelectric impedance phase angle is associated with hospital mortality of geriatric patients

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 290-294

  Wirth, R ^a   Volkert, D ^b   Rosler A ^c   Sieber, C C ^b   Bauer, J M ^b  

^a St Marien Hospital Borken   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Albertinen Haus ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioelectric impedance; Geriatric patients; Hospital mortality; Malnutrition of elderly; Phase angle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOELECTRIC IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BIOELECTRIC IMPEDANCE PHASE ANGLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957363381     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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