Can usual gait speed be used as a prognostic factor for early palliative care identification in hospitalized older patients? A prospective study on two different wards

BACKGROUND: Timely palliative care in frail older persons remains challenging. Scales to identify older patients at risk of functional decline already exist. However, factors to predict short term mortality in older hospitalized patients are scarce. METHODS: In this prospective study, we recruited p...

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Autores principales: Van de Vyver, Celine, Velghe, Anja, Baeyens, Hilde, Baeyens, Jean-Pierre, Dekoninck, Julien, Van Den Noortgate, Nele, Piers, Ruth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7687723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33234124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01898-w

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7687723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33234124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01898-w

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