Accuracy of self-reported weight in a high risk geriatric population in the emergency department

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Finardi, Petra ^a   Nickel, Christian H ^a   Koller, Michael T ^a   Bingisser, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Emergency department; Weight accuracy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; SELF REPORT; AGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84863456840     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13585     Document Type: Article

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