Efficacy of the subcutaneous route compared to intravenous hydration in the elderly hospitalised patient: A randomised controlled study;Eficacia de la vía subcutánea frente a la hidratación intravenosa en el paciente anciano hospitalizado: Estudio controlado aleatorizado

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 103-107

  Duems Noriega, Oscar ^a   Ariño Blasco, Sergio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE GRANOLLERS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Elderly; Hypodermoclysis; Subcutaneous

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; UREA; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSMOLARITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHYDRATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERY ELDERLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPODERMOCLYSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPODERMOCLYSIS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84901018536     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: 15781747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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