Prognosis is important in decisionmaking in Dutch nursing home patients with dementia and pneumonia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 933-936

  Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^a   Helton, Margaret R ^b   Ribbe, Miel W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dementia; Nursing homes; Pneumonia; Prognosis; Treatment futility

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 70350747761     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2198     Document Type: Article

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