Thirst in the elderly with and without heart failure

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-178

  Waldréus, Nana ^a   Sjöstrand, Fredrik ^b   Hahn, Robert G ^a,c  

^a Södertälje University   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aged heart failure patients; Dehydration; Quality of life; Thirst of elderly

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; SODIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYMPTOM; THIRST; URINALYSIS; URINE COLOR; URINE OSMOLALITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THIRST; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 79960084943     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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