Functional impairment and serum albumin predict in-hospital mortality in nonagenarians with acute infection: a retrospective cohort study
Abstract Background Acute infection leads to substantial mortality in the nonagenarian population. However, the predictive efficacies of functional status and biochemical indexes for in-hospital mortality in these patients remain to be determined. Methods A single-center, retrospective cohort study...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-10-01
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| Series: | BMC Geriatrics |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-019-1301-1 |