Impaired arousal at initial presentation predicts 6-month mortality: An analysis of 1084 acutely Ill older patients

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 772-778

  Han, Jin H ^a   Vasilevskis, Eduard E ^a,b   Shintani, Ayumi ^c   Graves, Amy J ^a   Schnelle, John F ^a,b   Dittus, Robert S ^a,b   Powers, James S ^a,b   Wilson, Amanda ^a   Storrow, Alan B ^a   Ely, E Wesley ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICHMOND AGITATION SEDATION SCALE; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER; ACUTE DISEASE; AROUSAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AROUSAL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84913616604     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2276     Document Type: Article

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