Survival after Suspected Urinary Tract Infection in Individuals with Advanced Dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2472-2477

  Dufour, Alyssa B ^a,b   Shaffer, Michele L ^c,d   D'Agata, Erika M C ^e   Habtemariam, Daniel ^a   Mitchell, Susan L ^a,b  

^a Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced dementia; antimicrobial therapy; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84951262572     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13833     Document Type: Article

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