Acute care of severely frail elderly patients in a CGA-unit is associated with less functional decline than conventional acute care

BACKGROUND: A high percentage of individuals treated in specialized acute care wards are frail and elderly. Our aim was to study whether the acute care of such patients in a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) unit is superior to care in a conventional acute medical care unit when it comes to a...

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Autores principales: Ekerstad, Niklas, Dahlin Ivanoff, Synneve, Landahl, Sten, Östberg, Göran, Johansson, Maria, Andersson, David, Husberg, Magnus, Alwin, Jenny, Karlson, Björn W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5557103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28848332
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S139230

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5557103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28848332
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S139230

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