Discomfort in dementia patients dying from pneumonia and its relief by antibiotics

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-151

  Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^a   Pasman, H Roeline W ^a   Ribbe, Miel W ^a   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a,b   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Healthcare Inspectorate   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; OPIATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DYING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; RATING SCALE; REHYDRATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 58449105992     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802616726     Document Type: Article

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