Poor oral health and mortality in geriatric patients admitted to an acute hospital: an observational study.
Keisuke MaedaNaoharu MoriPublished in: BMC geriatrics (2020)
In geriatric patients, poor oral health at hospital admission was an independent in-hospital mortality predictor. Future studies on oral care intervention stratified by oral health conditions are warranted.
Keyphrases
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- newly diagnosed
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- ejection fraction
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