Utility of Hippocrates' prognostic aphorism to predict death in the modern era: Prospective cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  St John, Philip D ^a   Montgomery, Patrick R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME TO DEATH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; APHORISMS AND PROVERBS AS TOPIC; APPETITE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84919904931     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g7390     Document Type: Article

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