Instruments for geriatric assessment: New multidimensional assessment approaches

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL.19, 2012, Pages

  Rengo, Franco ^a,b   Parisi, Valentina ^c   Rengo, Giuseppe ^b   Femminella, Grazia Daniela ^c   Rengo, Carlo ^c   Zincarelli, Carmela ^b   Pagano, Gennaro ^c   Festa, Gabriella ^c   De Lucia, Claudio ^c   Leosco, Dario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Elderly; Frailty; Multidimensional assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84872030664     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/jn.5000164     Document Type: Article

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