Frailty is associated with longer hospital stay and increased mortality in hospitalized older patients

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 732-735

  Khandelwal, D ^a   Goel, A ^a   Kumar, U ^a   Gulati, V ^a   Narang, R ^a   Dey, A B ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Elderly; Frailty; In hospital mortality

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEATH; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WARD;

EID: 85027947513     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-012-0369-5     Document Type: Article

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