The physical signs of impending dehydration among elderly people in nursing homes: The association with axillary skin temperature, humidity, intraoral moisture content, and salivary components
| Autor: | Masumi Nishida, Mayumi Okuyama |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Body water Blood sugar 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Animal science Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Osmole Aged 80 and over Creatinine Dehydration business.industry Humidity Odds ratio Long-Term Care Confidence interval Surgery Nursing Homes Blood pressure chemistry Female Geriatrics and Gerontology business Skin Temperature Body mass index 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Nihon Ronen Igakkai zasshi. Japanese journal of geriatrics. 53(4) |
| ISSN: | 0300-9173 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to examine the association between impending dehydration among elderly people in nursing homes and physical signs, including the axillary skin temperature, humidity, intraoral moisture content, and salivary components. METHODS The study included 78 elderly individuals who required long-term care in a nursing home (11 men and 67 women; average age, 86.6±7.3 years). The elderly subjects were classified in two groups according to their serum osmolality levels: those with levels between the upper limit reference value (292 mOsm/kg H2O) and the diagnostic reference value of dehydration (300 mOsm/kg H2O) were classified into the boundary zone group and those with levels of |
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