Mortality and complications in very old patients (90+) admitted to departments of internal medicine in Spain

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-52

  Barba, Raquel ^a   Martínez, Javier Marco ^b   Zapatero, Antonio ^c   Plaza, Susana ^d   Losa, Juan Emilio ^e   Canora, Jesús ^c   Pérez, Alejandro ^c   De Casasola, Gonzalo García ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hospitalized; Internal medicine; Mortality; Nonagenarians; Very elderly

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; SPAIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS INFECTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRESSURE ULCER; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 78751572984     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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