Potentially preventable complications of urinary tract infections, pressure areas, pneumonia, and delirium in hospitalised dementia patients: Retrospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Bail, Kasia ^a   Berry, Helen ^a   Grealish, Laurie ^a   Draper, Brian ^b   Karmel, Rosemary ^c   Gibson, Diane ^a   Peut, Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84878757722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002770     Document Type: Article

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