Treatment of Nursing Home Residents with Dementia and Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in the United States and the Netherlands: An Ocean Apart

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Treatment strategy and risk of functional decline and mortality after nursing-home acquired lower respiratory tract infection: two prospective studies in residents with dementia

✍ Jenny T. van der Steen; David R. Mehr; Robin L. Kruse; Miel W. Ribbe; Gerrit van 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 102 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## Background Although lower respiratory tract infections (LRI) cause considerable morbidity and mortality among nursing home residents with dementia, the effects of care and treatment are largely unknown. Few large prospective studies have been conducted. ## Methods We pooled data f