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- Title
Survival and comfort after treatment of pneumonia in advanced dementia.
- Authors
Givens, Jane L; Jones, Richard N; Shaffer, Michele L; Kiely, Dan K; Mitchell, Susan L
- Abstract
Pneumonia is common among patients with advanced dementia, especially toward the end of life. Whether antimicrobial treatment improves survival or comfort is not well understood. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of antimicrobial treatment for suspected pneumonia on survival and comfort in patients with advanced dementia.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2010, Vol 170, Issue 13, p1102
- ISSN
1538-3679
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinternmed.2010.181