Risk factors of aspiration pneumonia in Alzheimer's disease patients

Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 271-276

  Wada, Hideki ^a   Nakajoh, Kazushi ^a   Satoh Nakagawa, Takuma ^a   Suzuki, Tomoko ^a   Ohrui, Takashi ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a   Sasaki, Hidetada ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Aspiration pneumonia; Benzodiazepines; Elderly; Neuroleptics; Silent brain infarction; Swallowing reflex

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWALLOWING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034900239     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052811     Document Type: Article

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