Gender-differences in disease distribution and outcome in hospitalized elderly: Data from the REPOSI study

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 617-623

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^bq   Loria, Paola ^bo   Becchi, Maria Angela ^bo   Martucci, Gianfranco ^bo   Fantuzzi, Alessandra ^bo   Maurantonio, Mauro ^bo   Corinaldesi, Roberto ^br   De Giorgio, Roberto ^br   Serra, Mauro ^br   Grasso, Valentina ^br   Ruggeri, Eugenio ^br   Carozza, Lorenzo Mauro ^br   Pignatti, Fabio ^br   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b National Relevance Hospital Trust   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^h SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

ⁱ CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^l Azienda Ospedaliera Tricase   (Italy)

^m Ospedale di Merate   (Italy)

ⁿ SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^o SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^p Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^r Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria della Misericordia   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^w SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^x UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^y UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^z POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^aa FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^ab S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^ac Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Cosenza   (Italy)

^ad Unità Operativa Complessa di Geriatria e Medicina   (Italy)

^ae Medicina Infettivologica e dei Trapianti ^*  (Italy)

^af ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^ag HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^ah FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^ak Ospedale Bassini di Cinisello Balsamo Divisione Medicina   (Italy)

^al Ospedale Bassini   (Italy)

^am Ospedale Civile Jazzolino di Vibo Valentia   (Italy)

^an Ospedale Reg Spirito Santo   (Italy)

^ao Ospedale SS Annunziata   (Italy)

^ap Ospedale del Delta   (Italy)

^aq Dipartimento di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

^ar Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Pavia   (Italy)

^as OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^at Azienda Ospedaliera Bolognini di Seriate   (Italy)

^au Ospedale di Melegnano   (Italy)

^av GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^aw Ospedale di Lamezia Terme   (Italy)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^ay Ospedale Madonna Delle Grazie   (Italy)

^az Ospedale Poliambulanza   (Italy)

^ba UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^bb San Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

^bc Ospedale San Giovanni Decollato Andisilla Civita Castellana Medicina   (Italy)

^bd San Paolo Hospital   (Italy)

^be SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^bf Ospedale Scillesi d'America   (Italy)

^bg Ospedale SS Giovanni e Paolo   (Italy)

^bh Medicina Interna Universitaria II   (Italy)

^bi POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^bj FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^bk Ospedale di Arco   (Italy)

^bl UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^bm UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^bn UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^bo UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^bp UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^bq Policlinico Mater Domini   (Italy)

^br UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Disease distribution; Elderly; In hospital mortality; Sex gender difference

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CUMULATIVE ILLNESS RATING SCALE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT BLESSED TEST; STOMACH DISEASE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; ITALY; MORBIDITY; PROCEDURES; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; RATING SCALE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WIDOW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ITALY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84906939788     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2014.06.027     Document Type: Article

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