Rivastigmine dermal patch solves eating problems in an individual with advanced Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1979-1980

  Uwano, Chika ^a   Suzuki, Mizue ^a   Aikawa, Takashi ^b   Ebihara, Takae ^a   Une, Kaori ^a   Tomita, Naoki ^a   Kosaka, Yoichi ^a   Okinaga, Shoji ^a   Furukawa, Katsutoshi ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohrui, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aikawa Clinic General and Respiratory Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DONEPEZIL; RIVASTIGMINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; DECUBITUS; DEHYDRATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSPHAGIA; EATING DISORDER; FALLING; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHEELCHAIR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHENYLCARBAMATES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

EID: 84867467036     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04182.x     Document Type: Letter

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