Predictive factors of urinary tract infections among the oldest old in the general population. A population-based prospective follow-up study

BMC Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Caljouw, Monique A A ^a   den Elzen, Wendy P J ^a   Cools, Herman J M ^a   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE;

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMOKING; STROKE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISABLED PERSON; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79959233666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-9-57     Document Type: Article

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