Natural History of Feeding-Tube Use in Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 264-270

  Kuo, Sylvia ^a   Rhodes, Ramona L ^a   Mitchell, Susan L ^b   Mor, Vincent ^a   Teno, Joan M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; Feeding tubes; health care utilization; nursing homes; survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; DYSPHAGIA; EMERGENCY CARE; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PNEUMONIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 67349275774     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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