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Comfort may be an appropriate goal in advanced dementia. Longitudinal studies on physician decision-making and discomfort assessed by direct observation are rare, and intravenous rehydration therapy is controversial.

Pneumonia in Nursing Home Patients With Advanced Dementia: Decisions, Intravenous Rehydration Therapy, and Discomfort

DI GIULIO, Paola
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;CHARRIER, Lorena;
2018-01-01

Abstract

Comfort may be an appropriate goal in advanced dementia. Longitudinal studies on physician decision-making and discomfort assessed by direct observation are rare, and intravenous rehydration therapy is controversial.
2018
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comfort; dementia; fluid therapy; long-term care; palliative care; pneumonia
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.
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