Sarcopenia predicts readmission and mortality in elderly patients in acute care wards: a prospective study

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of sarcopenia and investigate the associations between sarcopenia and long‐term mortality and readmission in a population of elderly inpatients in acute care wards. METHODS: We conducted a prospective observational study in the acute care...

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Autores principales: Yang, Ming, Hu, Xiaoyi, Wang, Haozhong, Zhang, Lei, Hao, Qiukui, Dong, Birong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5377397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27896949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12163

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5377397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27896949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12163

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