Patients with advanced dementia with feeding problems such ... due to the perceived benefits of reducing the risk of aspiration pneumonia and improving survival. However, this has not been shown ...

Abstract Swallowing ability is not only affected by increasing age but also by dementia. People with advanced dementia will often develop dysphagia, LOGIN / FREE TRIAL ...

An international expert panel has developed the first consensus criteria for referral criteria for specialist palliative care ...

10,19 Eating problems include oral dysphagia (e.g., pocketing food in the cheek), pharyngeal dysphagia causing aspiration ... study, patients with advanced dementia and pneumonia who were treated ...

Hospitalized patients with dementia and dysphagia are often ... reduced mortality or respiratory complications, such as pneumonia, aspiration, or choking, compared with thin-liquid diets in ...

Study gives insights into quality of life for adults with congenital heart disease ...

Patients inappropriately diagnosed and treated for CAP were more likely to experience antibiotic-associated adverse events when receiving antibiotics for 3 days or more. Inappropriate diagnosis of ...

By broadening the scope of care to consider the patient and ... health complications of dementia—such as falls, psychological and behavioral symptoms, aspiration pneumonia, and recurrent urinary ...

A week before Thanksgiving, my 88-year-old mother ended up in the hospital with aspiration pneumonia, a common ailment among late-stage dementia patients caused by inhaling food into the lungs.

It’s common among stroke patients and adults with dementia, Parkinson’s disease ... complications such as lung scarring or aspiration pneumonia. Your doctor will ask if you’ve experienced ...

Dysphagia may lead to choking, aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition and dehydration In people with dementia and dysphagia, oral nutrition should be preferred over enteral feeding This patient group is ...