title: [An analysis of 14,000 patients admitted to an internal medicine service during 1982-1988].
abstract: We analysed the discharge reports of patients admitted during 1982-1988 to an internal medicine department of a university hospital. There were 927 deaths among 13,913 patients (6.66%); the median age of the persons admitted was 59.50 years while the median age of the patients who died was 72.87 years. Both groups suffered from several afflictions; the most frequent among the hospital-admission group being: blood hypertension, pneumonia, diabetes mellitus, and the group who eventually died: pneumonia, cerebrovascular and neoplastic disease.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara, Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viana
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carballo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Beato
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Domínguez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de la Morena
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009026:Mortality; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Análisis de 14.000 enfermos ingresados en un Servicio de Medicina Interna durante los años 1982-1988.