Mortality Following Nursing Home-Acquired Lower Respiratory Infection: LRI Severity, Antibiotic Treatment, and Water Intake

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 376-383

  Szafara, Kristina L ^a   Kruse, Robin L ^b   Mehr, David R ^b   Ribbe, Miel W ^c   van der Steen, Jenny T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Doubly robust case control design; Eating dependence; Hydration; Lower respiratory infection; LRI; Mortality; No antibiotic; Poststratification weights; Risk adjustment; Water

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860333562     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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