Publications by authors named "Beatriz Perdomo"

Objectives: To analyze risk factors associated with short and long-term mortality in nonagenarians hospitalized due to acute medical conditions.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Prospective study of all patients aged 90 years or older admitted in a geriatric unit during 2009 due to medical acute illness. Baseline variables were collected at admission (sex, cause of admission, Charlson index, serum albumin, functional, and mental status), functional loss at admission (as the difference between Barthel index(BI) 2 weeks before admission and BI at admission), and functional loss at discharge(as the difference between BI 2 weeks before admission and BI at discharge).

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