Pneumonia: The demented patient's best friend? Discomfort after starting or withholding antibiotic treatment

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1681-1688

  Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^a   Ooms, Marcel E ^a,b   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a,b   Ribbe, Miel W ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Discomfort; Pneumonia; Quality of life; Well being

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFUSION; COUGHING; DEMENTIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEBULIZER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036798707     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50460.x     Document Type: Article

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