Response to the article by Holroyd-Leduc et al.: The relationship of indwelling urinary catheters to death, length of hospital stay, functional decline, and nursing home admission in hospitalized older medical patients

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Jan;56(1):177-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01489.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living*
  • Aged
  • Catheters, Indwelling / adverse effects*
  • Cause of Death / trends*
  • Hospital Mortality / trends*
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data*
  • Nursing Homes / statistics & numerical data*
  • Patient Admission / statistics & numerical data*