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The impact of dementia and language on hospitalizations: a retrospective cohort of long-term care residents

BACKGROUND: Hospitalizations carry considerable risks for frail, elderly patients; this is especially true for patients with dementia, who are more likely to experience delirium, falls, functional decline, iatrogenic complications, and infections when compared to their peers without dementia. Since...

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Autores principales: Riad, Karine, Webber, Colleen, Batista, Ricardo, Reaume, Michael, Rhodes, Emily, Knight, Braden, Prud’homme, Denis, Tanuseputro, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7545542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33032528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01806-2