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Clinical assessments and care interventions to promote oral hydration amongst older patients: a narrative systematic review

BACKGROUND: Older patients in hospital may be unable to maintain hydration by drinking, leading to intravenous fluid replacement, complications and a longer length of stay. We undertook a systematic review to describe clinical assessment tools which identify patients at risk of insufficient oral flu...

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Autores principales: Oates, Lloyd L., Price, Christopher I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5240391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28104998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12912-016-0195-x