Longitudinal assessment of symptom severity among hospitalized elders diagnosed with cancer, heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 567-572

  Pantilat, Steven Z ^a   O'Riordan, David L ^a   Dibble, Suzanne L ^a   Landefeld, C Seth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865976703     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.1925     Document Type: Article

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