The association of geriatric syndromes with hospital outcomes

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 83-89

  Romero Ortuno, Roman ^a,b   Forsyth, Duncan R ^a   Wilson, Kathryn Jane ^a   Cameron, Ewen ^a   Wallis, Stephen ^a   Biram, Richard ^a   Keevil, Victoria ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CONFUSION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAILTY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENILE DEMENTIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85037834286     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2685     Document Type: Article

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