Symptoms and care of dying elderly patients in an acute hospital.

Seah, S T A; Low, J A; Chan, Y H

Seah, S T A; Low, J A; Chan, Y H.

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Seah ST; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, 378 Alexandra Road, Singapore 159964.

Singapore Med J ; 46(5): 210-4, 2005 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15858688

Subject(s)

Geriatric Assessment; Hospitals, Community/statistics & numerical data; Terminal Care/methods; Utilization Review; Acute Disease; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/statistics & numerical data; Comorbidity; Female; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Intubation, Intratracheal/statistics & numerical data; Life Support Care/statistics & numerical data; Male; Palliative Care/statistics & numerical data; Retrospective Studies; Terminally Ill/classification

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Terminal Care / Geriatric Assessment / Utilization Review / Hospitals, Community Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies Limits: Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Singapore Med J Year: 2005 Document type: Article Country of publication: India

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