The impact of frailty and delirium on mortality in older inpatients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 412-416

  Eeles, Eamonn M P ^a   White, Susan V ^a   O'mahony, Sinead M ^a   Bayer, Antony J ^a   Hubbard, Ruth E ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delirium; Elderly; Frail older adults; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 84860508263     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs021     Document Type: Article

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