Can we prevent aspiration pneumonia in the nursing home?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 174-179

  Oh, Eliza ^a   Weintraub, Nancy ^b   Dhanani, Shawkat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CONFUSION; DROWSINESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; RISK REDUCTION; URINE RETENTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 2642523887     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70111-5     Document Type: Article

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