Open AccessPatterns of multimorbidity in internal medicine patients in Swiss university hospitals: a multicentre cohort study
Author(s) -
Carole E. Aubert,
Niklaus Fankhauser,
Pedro MarquesVidal,
Jérôme Stirnemann,
Drahomir Aujesky,
Andreas Limacher,
Jacques Donz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0036-7672
DOI - 10.4414/smw.2019.20094
Subject(s) - medicine , comorbidity , kidney disease , malignancy , bronchiectasis , cohort , cohort study , multimorbidity , disease , retrospective cohort study , intensive care medicine , lung
The vast majority of patients fulfilled the criteria for multimorbidity. Chronic heart disease, chronic kidney disease, solid malignancy and substance-related disorders were each present in at least one tenth of the patients. This in-depth description of the most frequent comorbidities and of their frequent associations in a multicentre population may advise healthcare providers to improve preventive care and develop appropriate guidelines for multimorbid patients. .
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