Erratum: Predictors of survival nursing home patients with severe dementia in whom artificial nutrition and hydration are forgone (International Psychogeriatrics (2006) 18, 2 (227-240) DOI:10.1017/S104161020500267X);Predictors of survival in nursing home patients with severe dementia in whom artificial nutrition and hydration forgone

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-240

  Pasman, H Roeline W ^a,c   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a   Kriegsman, Didi M W ^b   Ooms, Marcel E ^a   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a   Ribbe, Miel W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Nursing Home Slotervaart   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artificial nutrition and hydration; Dementia; Nursing home; Predictors; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33744818453     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610206003620     Document Type: Erratum

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