Preventable Iatrogenic Disability in Elderly Patients During Hospitalization

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 674-681

  Sourdet, Sandrine ^a   Lafont, Christine ^a   Rolland, Yves ^a,b,c   Nourhashemi, Fati ^a,b,c   Andrieu, Sandrine ^a,b,c   Vellas, Bruno ^a,b,c  

^a Serv Univ Psychiat l'Enfant l'A   (France)

^b Faculté de Médecine Centre Hospitalo universitaire   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Hospitalization; Iatrogenic event

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BED REST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISABILITY; INCIDENCE; KATZ ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOBILIZATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FRANCE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; IATROGENIC DISEASE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MALE;

EID: 84938207486     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.03.011     Document Type: Article

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