Prognostic factors of elderly patients admitted in a medical intermediate care unit

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 327-331

  Duque, S ^a   Freitas, P ^a   Silvestre, J ^a   Fernandes, L ^a   Pinto, M ^a   Sousa, A ^a   Batalha, V ^a   Campos, L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO FRANCISCO XAVIER   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Elderly; Medical intermediate care unit; Mortality; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 80755175794     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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