Comprehensive geriatric assessment predicts mortality and adverse outcomes in hospitalized older adults

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Avelino Silva, Thiago J ^a   Farfel, Jose M ^a   Curiati, Jose A E ^a   Amaral, Jose R G ^a   Campora, Flavia ^a   Jacob Filho, Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Delirium; Geriatric assessment; Hospital care; Nutrition; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; BRAZIL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84923914797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-129     Document Type: Article

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