title: A key step for hospitalized elders: comment on "Early ambulation and length of stay in older adults hospitalized for acute illness".
authors.affiliation: Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, 1600 Divisadero, Box 1945, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. ElizabethMurphy@ucsfmedctr.org
authors.forename: Elizabeth Adkins
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001510:Bed Rest / Q000009:adverse effects; D019091:Critical Pathways; D004434:Early Ambulation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012656:Self-Help Devices