Recognizing dementia as a terminal illness in nursing home residents: Comment on "Survival and comfort after treatment of pneumonia in advanced dementia".
Chang
Anna
A
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA. Anna.Chang2@va.gov
Walter
Louise C
LC
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents