The role of functional status in discharge to assisted care facilities and in-hospital death among dialysis patients

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 804-812

  Sood, Manish M ^a,b   Rigatto, Claudio ^a,c   Bueti, Joe ^a,d   Jassal, Vanita ^e,f   Miller, Lisa ^a,d   Verrelli, Mauro ^a,b   Bohm, Clara ^a,d   Mojica, Julie ^d   Roberts, Dan ^a,d   Komenda, Paul ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Seven Oaks Hospital   (Canada)

^d HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

assisted care; dialysis; Functional status; in hospital mortality; outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; CHILD REARING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; FEEDING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80054996043     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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