Is this elderly patient dehydrated? Diagnostic accuracy of hydration assessment using physical signs, Urine, and saliva markers

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 221-228

  Fortes, Matthew B ^a   Owen, Julian A ^a   Raymond Barker, Philippa ^a   Bishop, Claire ^b   Elghenzai, Salah ^b   Oliver, Samuel J ^a   Walsh, Neil P ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical; Dehydration; Diagnosis; Hypovolemia; Older; Osmolality

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CIRCULATION TIME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRY SKIN; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSAL DRYNESS; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SALIVA LEVEL; SALIVA OSMOLALITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TURGOR; SKIN WATER LOSS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE COLOR; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FLUID THERAPY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; URINALYSIS; URINE; VERY ELDERLY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; URINALYSIS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 84924238657     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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