Predictors on admission of functional decline among older patients hospitalised for acute care: A prospective observational study.

David BasicDanielle Ní ChróinínDavid ConfortiChris Shanley

Published in: Australasian journal on ageing (2017)

These factors may aid identification of vulnerable patients who might particularly benefit from targeted multidisciplinary intervention. Further studies validating this, and exploring the impact of focussed management, are needed.

Keyphrases

acute care
randomized controlled trial
emergency department
cancer therapy
case control
quality improvement
bioinformatics analysis
community acquired pneumonia