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- Title
House staff member awareness of older inpatients' risks for hazards of hospitalization.
- Authors
Fernandez, Helen M; Callahan, Kathryn E; Likourezos, Antonios; Leipzig, Rosanne M
- Abstract
Many hospitalized older adults develop iatrogenic complications unrelated to their presenting diagnoses that can result in longer hospitalizations, functional impairment, or unanticipated medical or surgical interventions. These complications are often referred to as "hazards of hospitalization" and include delirium, malnutrition, urinary incontinence, pressure ulcers, depression, falls, restraint use, infection, functional decline, adverse drug effects, and death. The aims of this study were to assess house staff member awareness of older patients' risk factors for developing hazards of hospitalization and to determine areas in which interventions may help improve recognition.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2008, Vol 168, Issue 4, p390
- ISSN
0003-9926
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinternmed.2007.87