Determinants of mortality among older adults with pressure ulcers

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 536-541

  Khor, Hui Min ^a   Tan, Juan ^b   Saedon, Nor Izzati ^a   Kamaruzzaman, Shahrul B ^a   Chin, Ai Vyrn ^a   Poi, Philip J H ^a   Tan, Maw Pin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b EMMANUEL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Infection; Mortality; Nursing home; Pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DECUBITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHILIA; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALAYSIA; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84908672654     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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