Scientific Papers
Dehydration in the elderly: insidious and manageable.
Dehydration in the elderly results from inadequate water replacement, and associated mortality may be high when dehydration is severe. The elderly are at an elevated risk for dehydration, due to decreased thirst perception, decreased water [...]
A typology of oral hydration problems exhibited by frail nursing home residents.
Dehydration remains a substantial problem for nursing home residents, often with poor health outcomes. The purpose of this investigation was to establish 6-month prevalence of dehydration events in nursing home residents and to describe common [...]
Clinical signs of dehydration in children.
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Promoting adequate hydration in older people.
Dehydration is a frequent etiology of morbidity and mortality in elderly people. It causes the hospitalization of many patients and its outcome may be fatal. Indeed, dehydration is often linked to infection, and if it [...]