JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 66-67 , January 2008

Pneumonia and Mortality in Elderly Patients: Response to a Letter by Dr Rozzini et al

  • Jenny T. van der Steen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • EMGO Institute of the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Public and Occupational Health VU University Medical Center, Department of Nursing Home Medicine VU University Medical Center
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  • David R. Mehr, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia MO, USA
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  • Robin L. Kruse, PhD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia MO, USA
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  • Miel W. Ribbe, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • EMGO Institute of the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Nursing Home Medicine VU University Medical Center

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  1. van der Steen JT, Mehr DR, Kruse RL, et al. Dementia, lower respiratory tract infection and long-term mortality. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2007;8:396–403
  2. van der Steen JT, Mehr DR, Kruse RL, et al. Treatment strategy and risk of functional decline and mortality after nursing-home acquired lower respiratory tract infection: two prospective studies in residents with dementia. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2007;22:1013–1019
  3. van der Steen JT, Ooms ME, Ader HJ, et al. Withholding antibiotic treatment in pneumonia patients with dementia: A quantitative observational study. Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1753–1760
  4. van der Steen JT, Volicer L, Gerritsen DL, et al. Defining severe dementia with the Minimum Data Set. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2006;21:1099–1106
  5. Helton MR, van der Steen JT, Daaleman TP, et al. A cross-cultural study of physician treatment decisions for demented nursing home patients who develop pneumonia. Ann Fam Med. 2006;4:221–227
  6. Kruse RL, Mehr DR, Boles KE, et al. Does hospitalization impact survival after lower respiratory infection in nursing home residents?. Med Care. 2004;42:860–870
  7. van der Steen JT, Kruse RL, van der Wal G, et al. [Treatment of pneumonia in nursing home residents with severe dementia: for residents with poor prognosis, a more reserved approach in the Netherlands and more active treatment in the United States]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2007;151:915–919Dutch, English summary
  8. Karlawish JH, Quill T, Meier DE. A consensus-based approach to providing palliative care to patients who lack decision-making capacity (ACP-ASIM End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel. American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine). Ann Intern Med. 1999;130:835–840

PII: S1525-8610(07)00398-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.09.004

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Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 66-67 , January 2008

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