Age, co-morbidity and poor mobility: No evidence of predicting in-patient death and acute hospital length of stay in the oldest old

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 671-679

  Pai, Y ^a   Butchart, C ^b   Lunt, C J ^b   Musonda, P ^c   Gautham, N ^d   Soiza, R L ^b   Potter, J F ^c,d   Myint, P K ^c,d,e  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; CHEST INFECTION; COLLAPSE; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; DYSPNEA; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDEPENDENT LIVING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OLDEST OLD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGE; FORECASTING; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84855731549     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr028     Document Type: Article

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