End-of-life decisions: Foregoing antibiotic therapy in patients with an active infection;Decisiones al final de la vida: Suspensión de antibióticos en presencia de infección activa

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 297-300

  Velasco Arribas, María ^a   Vegas Serrano, Ana ^a   Guijarro Herraiz, Carlos ^a   Espinosa Gimeno, Alfredo ^a   González Anglada, Isabel ^a   Martín Álvarez, Helena ^a   Zapatero Gaviria, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dementia; Foregoing active treatment; Infection; The elderly

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33750610303     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0211-139X(06)72976-6     Document Type: Article

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