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Red cell distribution width and mortality in older patients with frailty in the emergency department

BACKGROUND: The red cell distribution width (RDW) reflects the degree of heterogeneity of red blood cells. Elevated RDW is associated both with frailty and with increased mortality in hospital-admitted patients. In this study we evaluate whether high RDW values are associated with mortality in older...

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Autores principales: Alakare, Janne, Kemp, Kirsi, Strandberg, Timo, Castrén, Maaret, Tolonen, Jukka, Harjola, Veli-Pekka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9998144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36894893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-023-00801-1