Multimorbidity Patterns in Hospitalized Older Patients: Associations among Chronic Diseases and Geriatric Syndromes.

The clinical status of older individuals with multimorbidity can be further complicated by concomitant geriatric syndromes. This study explores multimorbidity patterns, encompassing both chronic diseases and geriatric syndromes, in geriatric patients attended in an acute hospital setting.Retrospecti...

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Main Authors: Mercedes Clerencia-Sierra, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Nicolás Martínez-Velilla, Itziar Vergara-Mitxeltorena, Pablo Aldaz-Herce, Beatriz Poblador-Plou, Mónica Machón-Sobrado, Nerea Egüés-Olazabal, Gabor Abellán-van Kan, Alexandra Prados-Torres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4514748?pdf=render