Post-hospitalization mortality in the elderly
| Autor: | Barbara Maero, Francisetti F, Fabrizio Fabris, Erica Giona, M. Ponzetto, Mauro Zanocchi, Elena Nicola |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Aging medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Activities of daily living Risk Factors Internal medicine Activities of Daily Living medicine Humans Medical diagnosis Mortality Geriatric Assessment Survival analysis Aged Proportional Hazards Models Aged 80 and over Analysis of Variance Chi-Square Distribution APACHE II Proportional hazards model business.industry Mortality rate Survival Analysis Hospitalization Physical therapy Female Analysis of variance Geriatrics and Gerontology business Gerontology Chi-squared distribution |
| Zdroj: | Archives of gerontology and geriatrics. 36(1) |
| ISSN: | 0167-4943 |
| Popis: | The level of disability and polypathology in hospitalized elderly is usually high. Multidimensional and functional assessment allows to identify risk factors for clinical and functional failure of patients. Many studies point out that identifying predictors of high-risk patients is a necessary step in accurate targeting. We evaluated 395 subjects (175 women, 202 men, mean age 77.9 year) during their hospitalization in our Geriatric ward. Baseline data included: demographics variables, medical diagnosis, functional evaluation, and laboratory values. After a 6-month follow up 80 (20.2%) subjects died. In our study, male gender, dependence at the Dependence Medical Index (DMI), low serum albumin ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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