Aspiration pneumonia and dementia in nursing homes: to anticipate emergency.

The care of a nursing home resident suffering from dementia and aspiration pneumonia (AP) is generally initiated by the family doctor (FD) in collaboration with the nursing home professionals. This is a holistic emergency medicine whose occurrence should be the subject of advance care planning, an A...

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Published inRevue médicale suisse Vol. 20; no. 873; p. 925
Main Author Gillabert, Cédric F
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published Switzerland 08.05.2024
Subjects
Advance Care Planning - organization & administration
Aged
Dementia - diagnosis
Dementia - epidemiology
Homes for the Aged
Humans
Nursing Homes - organization & administration
Pneumonia, Aspiration - diagnosis
Pneumonia, Aspiration - etiology
Risk Factors
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Summary:The care of a nursing home resident suffering from dementia and aspiration pneumonia (AP) is generally initiated by the family doctor (FD) in collaboration with the nursing home professionals. This is a holistic emergency medicine whose occurrence should be the subject of advance care planning, an AP being rarely isolated, and its risk factors are known. AP - the probable cause of half of deaths of demented individuals in nursing homes - requires essentially non-hospital care. It calls on the scientific, relational, collaborative, and ethical skills of the family doctor. This review aims to contextualize the emergency management skills of the FD in the living environment of the nursing home. The management of uncertainty linked to a probabilistic diagnosis is highlighted and care commensurate with life expectancy is provided.
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ISSN:1660-9379
DOI:10.53738/REVMED.2024.20.873.925