Journal article
Challenges in Assessing Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia for Suspected Urinary Tract Infections
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To describe the presentation of suspected urinary tract infections (UTIs) in nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia and how they align with minimum criteria to justify antimicrobial initiation.
DESIGN: Twelve-month prospective study.
Authors
Agata ED; Loeb MB; Mitchell SL
Journal
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 62–66
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
1 2013
DOI
10.1111/jgs.12070
ISSN
0002-8614