A validated risk score to estimate mortality risk in patients with dementia and pneumonia: Barriers to clinical impact

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-43

  Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^a   Albers, Gwenda ^a   Licht Strunk, Els ^a   Muller, Martien T ^a   Ribbe, Miel W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

clinical impact analysis; long term care; palliative care; prognosis; risk score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; NURSE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIANS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79951655406     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210001079     Document Type: Article

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