Inpatient geriatric evaluation and management did not reduce mortality but reduced functional decline
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Inpatient geriatric evaluation and management did not reduce mortality but reduced functional decline.
Patients 1388 patients who were ≥ 65 years of age (mean age 74 y, 98%men), were admitted to a medical or surgical ward with an expected length of stay of ≥ 2 days, and were frail (met ≥ 2 of the following: unable to do ≥ 1 basic activity of daily living [ADL], stroke in the previous 3 mo, history of falls, difficulty walking, malnutrition, dementia, depression, ≥ 1 unplanned admission in the pr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Mental Health
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1362-0347
DOI: 10.1136/ebmh.5.4.109