Mortality and bloodstream infections in geriatrics units

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Burlaud, Aurore ^a   Mathieu, Danièle ^a   Falissard, Bruno ^a   Trivalle, Christophe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteremia in elderly; Malnutrition; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINS; BACTEREMIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77957368243     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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