Open AccessPredictors of Discontinuance of Oral Feeding in Patients With Advanced Alzheimer Dementia and Aspiration Pneumonia in Japan
Author(s) -
Nobuhiro Akuzawa,
Akihiro Yoshii,
Akiko Ono,
Tomohito Kuwako,
Takashi Osaki,
Satoshi Osawa,
Asuka Jingu,
Satoru Watanabe,
Ryusei Saito
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alzheimer disease and associated disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.213
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1546-4156
pISSN - 0893-0341
DOI - 10.1097/wad.0000000000000316
Subject(s) - medicine , aspiration pneumonia , pneumonia , body mass index , logistic regression , dementia , complication , disease , pediatrics
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 yet been identified. We therefore aimed to identify predictors of discontinuance of oral feeding in postaspiration pneumonia patients with AD.