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Pneumonia in Nursing Home Patients With Advanced Dementia: Decisions, Intravenous Rehydration Therapy, and Discomfort.
van der Steen JT, Di Giulio P, Giunco F, Monti M, Gentile S, Villani D, Finetti S, Pettenati F, Charrier L, Toscani F; End of Life Observatory–Prospective Study on DEmentia Patients Care (EoLO-PSODEC) Research Group. van der Steen JT, et al. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Mar;35(3):423-430. doi: 10.1177/1049909117709002. Epub 2017 May 22. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018. PMID: 28532225 Free PMC article.
METHODS: To assess treatment decisions and discomfort in patients with advanced dementia and pneumonia and to compare by intravenous rehydration therapy, we used data from the observational multicenter Italian End of Life Observatory-Prospective …
METHODS: To assess treatment decisions and discomfort in patients with advanced dementia and pneumonia and to compare by intravenous rehydra …
Critical decisions for older people with advanced dementia: a prospective study in long-term institutions and district home care.
Toscani F, van der Steen JT, Finetti S, Giunco F, Pettenati F, Villani D, Monti M, Gentile S, Charrier L, Di Giulio P; End of Life Observatory-Prospective Study on DEmentia Patients Care (EoLO-PSODEC) Research Group; End of Life Observatory-Prospective Study on DEmentia Patients Care EoLO-PSODEC Research Group. Toscani F, et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015 Jun 1;16(6):535.e13-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.02.012. Epub 2015 Apr 2. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015. PMID: 25843621 Free article.
For 26 decisions (3.8%), the purpose was to ease death or not to prolong life. CONCLUSIONS: Decisions critical for the survival or quality of life of patients with advanced dementia were made for approximately one-half of the patients during a 6-month time fr …
For 26 decisions (3.8%), the purpose was to ease death or not to prolong life. CONCLUSIONS: Decisions critical for the surviva …