Clinical issues - prevention and management of complications associated with acute illness and immobilisation

Overview

Acute illness and immobilisation in older patients carry a distinct set of preventable complications - the "hazards of hospitalisation" - that can cause more lasting harm than the presenting illness itself if not actively anticipated
A substantial proportion of older patients experience functional decline during a hospital admission that is not attributable to their presenting illness, but to the hospitalisation process itself (immobility, deconditioning, disorientation)

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