Unrecognized Cognitive Impairment and Its Effect on Heart Failure Readmissions of Elderly Adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2296-2301

  Agarwal, Kathryn S ^a   Kazim, Rabia ^a   Xu, Jiaqiong ^b   Borson, Soo ^c,d   Taffet, George E ^a,e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive disorders; dementia; elderly; executive dysfunction; heart failure; Mini Cog

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COMPLICATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXAS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 84992452923     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14471     Document Type: Article

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