Anthropometric measurements may be informative for nursing home-acquired pneumonia
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Anthropometric measurements may be informative for nursing home-acquired pneumonia
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between anthropometric measurements and Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia (NHAP) risk. METHODS Consecutive patients of 65 years or elderly who were living in the Balikli Rum Hospital Nursing Homes were included in this prospective study. At the beginning of this study, the patients' anthropometrics values were measured. The patients were followed for one y...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1681-715X
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.323.9635