Hyponatremia in hospitalized nursing home residents and outcome: Minimize hospitalization and keep the stay short!

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Choudhury, M ^a   Aparanji, K ^a   Norkus, E P ^a,b   Dharmarajan, T S ^a,b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; COMORBIDITY; GENDER; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84855198474     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.08.010     Document Type: Letter

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