Prevalence of frailty and its ability to predict in hospital delirium, falls, and 6-month mortality in hospitalized older patients

BACKGROUND: The prevalence and significance of frailty are seldom studied in hospitalized patients. Aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of frailty and to determine the extent that frailty predicts delirium, falls and mortality in hospitalized older patients. METHODS: In a prospective stu...

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Autores principales: Joosten, Etienne, Demuynck, Mathias, Detroyer, Elke, Milisen, Koen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3905102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24393272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3905102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24393272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-1

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