Dehydration is difficult to detect and prevent in nursing homes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 175-176

  Lima Ribeiro, Sandra M ^a   Morley, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; DIURETIC AGENT; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANKLE EDEMA; COGNITION; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DIURESIS; EDITORIAL; FALLING; FLUID INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPODERMOCLYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; NURSING HOME; POLYPHARMACY; SARCOPENIA; SENESCENCE; VEGETABLE; WATER LOSS; AGED; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84924198859     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.12.012     Document Type: Editorial

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