The Effect of an Impaired Arousal on Short- and Long-Term Mortality of Elderly Patients Admitted to an Acute Geriatric Unit

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 214-219

  Bellelli, Giuseppe ^a,b,c   Mazzone, Andrea ^d   Morandi, Alessandro ^c,e   Latronico, Nicola ^f,g   Perego, Sabrina ^a   Zazzetta, Sara ^a   Mazzola, Paolo ^a   Annoni, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^d Getiatric Institute P Redaelli   (Italy)

^e Dept of Rehabilitation and Aged Care Fondazione Camplani Hospital ^*  (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^g SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arousal; Delirium; Elderly; Hospice; Institutionalization; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GERIATRIC UNIT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTLESSNESS; RICHMOND AGITATION SEDATION SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER; SURVIVAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; WAKEFULNESS; WARD; AROUSAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TRENDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84958864400     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.10.002     Document Type: Article

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