Cargando…

Predictors of Discontinuance of Oral Feeding in Patients With Advanced Alzheimer Dementia and Aspiration Pneumonia in Japan: A Single-center, Retrospective Observational Study

BACKGROUND: Difficulty with oral feeding, the most commonly observed complication of Alzheimer disease (AD) in its final stages, occurs in 86% of AD patients and may prevent achievement of oral feeding after aspiration pneumonia. However, no reliable indicators of discontinuance of oral feeding have...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Akuzawa, Nobuhiro, Yoshii, Akihiro, Ono, Akihiro, Kuwako, Tomohito, Osaki, Takashi, Osawa, Sho, Jingu, Asuka, Watanabe, Satoru, Saito, Ryusei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2019
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6882538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31136305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WAD.0000000000000316