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| Death and dementia | | Author(s) | Janet Keene, Tony Hope, Christopher G Fairburn |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 16, no 10, October 2001 |
| Pages | pp 969-974 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Living in the community ; Death ; Death certificates ; Longitudinal surveys ; Oxfordshire. |
| Annotation | In a group of 91 people in Oxfordshire with a longstanding diagnosis of dementia, only 73% had dementia listed on the death certificate in this 11-year study. For three-quarters of the subjects, it was listed as "another condition contributing to death". When established by autopsy, the principal immediate cause of death in dementia was bronchopneumonia (57%). Agreement between immediate cause of death listed on the death certificate and autopsy reports was 53%. Missed diagnoses included pulmonary embolism (15%) and bronchopneumonia (20%). In this cohort, the mean time between the onset of dementia and death was 8.5 years; three-quarters entered an institution permanently, and nearly 60% died of debility due to dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011115206 A |
| Classmark | EA: K4: CW: JVL: 3J: 8O |
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