Prevalence and Risk Score for Hypertonic Dehydration Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: an Analysis of the Bangkok Falls Study

Conclusion: One-third of the older adults in this study had current or impending HD. We identified risk factors for HD and created a risk score for HD in one group of community-dwelling older adults. Older adults with r isk scores of 1-4 were at 7.4%-32.8% risk for current HD. The clinical utility of this risk score requires further study and external validation.
Source: Gerontology - Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research