Increased winter mortality: The effect of season, temperature and deprivation in the acutely ill medical patient

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 546-551

  Callaly, Elizabeth ^a   Mikulich, Olga ^a   Silke, Bernard ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Co morbidity; Deprivation; Mortality; Season; Winter

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE MIX; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEIZURE; SKIN INFECTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CO-MORBIDITY; DEPRIVATION; MORTALITY; SEASON; WINTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84883556507     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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