Open AccessThe burden and outcomes associated with dehydration among US elderly, 1991.
Author(s) -
Jessica Warren,
W. Edward Bacon,
Tess Harris,
A. Marshall McBean,
Daniel J. Foley,
Carolyn S. Phillips
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.8.1265
Subject(s) - medicine , dehydration , pneumonia , medical diagnosis , concomitant , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , pathology
Dehydration has been underappreciated as a cause of hospitalization and increased hospital-associated mortality in older people. This study used national data to analyze the burden and outcomes following hospitalizations with dehydration in the elderly.
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