Hospitalization rates and in-hospital mortality among centenarians

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1179-1180

  Mandawat, Anant ^a   Mandawat, Aditya ^b   Mandawat, Mahendra K ^c,d   Tinetti, Mary E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH TRANSITION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865682808     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2155     Document Type: Article

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