Are age and marital status major factors associated with institutionalisation in elderly Hong Kong Chinese?
The survey shows that requirements for long term care places are unlikely to be much affected by preventive measures, and would need to increase by about 30% by 2000 to cope with the projected increase in the number of elderly aged 70 years and over. Measures to provide sufficient trained personnel and policy for regulation of standards should be made.
The altered regional cerebral blood flow during rewarming of profoundly hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass might affect regional brain metabolism.