FRAILTY ASSESSMENT OF ELDERLY HOSPITALIZED AT AN EMERGENCY SERVICE OF A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

• Main Authors: Juliane de Fátima Santos Antunes (Author), Meiry Fernanda Pinto Okuno (Author), Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira Lopes (Author), Cássia Regina Vancini Campanharo (Author), Ruth Ester Assayag Batista (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The objective in this study was to assess the frailty of elderly hospitalized at the Emergency Service of a university hospital in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The data were collected between March and June 2014. Cross-sectional study involving 101 elderly, hospitalized for 24 hours or more. To...