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© 1988 Oxford University Press

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HYPOTHESIS: SENILE PURPURA IS A PROGNOSTIC FEATURE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS

H. Y. WONG, Medical Officer*

Geriatric Unit, Princess Margaret Hospital Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong

*Present appointment: Senior Medical Officer and Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.

In a consecutive series of 1125 elderly Chinese patients admitted acutely into the geriatric unit of a general hospital over a 6-month period, 53 (5%) had senile purpura (SP). The prevalence of SP increased exponentially with age and was higher in men than in women. The mean hospital stay of patients with SP was significantly longer than in the non-SP group. SP may have prognostic significance in the elderly.

accepted in revised form February 14, 1988.


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