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Mild cognitive impairment, degenerative and vascular dementia as predictors of intra-hospital, short- and long-term mortality in the oldest old

Published inAging Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 23, no. 1, p. 60-66
Publication date2011
Abstract

The relative weight of various etiologies of dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as predictors of intra-hospital, short- and long-term mortality in very old acutely ill patients suffering from multiple comorbid conditions remains unclear. We investigated intra-hospital, 1- and 5-year mortality risk associated with dementia and its various etiologies in a very old population after discharge from acute care.

Keywords
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Alzheimer Disease/mortality
  • Cognition Disorders/mortality
  • Cohort Studies
  • Dementia/mortality
  • Dementia, Vascular/mortality
  • Female
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Prospective Studies
NoteOpen Access - Licence nationale Springer
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ZEKRY BERGER, Dina Selma et al. Mild cognitive impairment, degenerative and vascular dementia as predictors of intra-hospital, short- and long-term mortality in the oldest old. In: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 2011, vol. 23, n° 1, p. 60–66. doi: 10.1007/BF03324953
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