Relationship between admission albumin levels and rehabilitation outcomes in older patients

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-89

  Luk, James Ka Hay ^a   Chiu, Patrick Ka Chun ^a   Tam, Sidney ^b   Chu, Leung Wing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Albumin levels; Chinese elderly ; Geriatric rehabilitation; Rehabilitation outcomes

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 79958013514     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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