The ability of frailty to predict outcomes in older people attending an acute medical unit

Acute Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 74-76

  Conroy, Simon ^a   Dowsing, T ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute medical care; Frailty; Length of stay; Mortality; Readmission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880031577     PISSN: 17474884     EISSN: 17474892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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