Functional level at admission is a predictor of survival in older patients admitted to an acute geriatric unit

BACKGROUND: Functional decline is associated with increased risk of mortality in geriatric patients. Assessment of activities of daily living (ADL) with the Barthel Index (BI) at admission was studied as a predictor of survival in older patients admitted to an acute geriatric unit. METHODS: All firs...

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Autores principales: Matzen, Lars E, Jepsen, Ditte B, Ryg, Jesper, Masud, Tahir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3462125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22731680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-12-32

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3462125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22731680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-12-32

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