Survival in End-Stage Dementia Following Acute Illness

People with end-stage dementia who develop some other medical condition have a poor prognosis and should probably receive palliative care. Researchers analyzed mortality rates among 97 hospitalized for hip fracture and 119 hospitalized for pneumonia. In both groups, some patients had dementia and some did not. In both groups, half the patients with dementia died, compared to 13% of the patients who did not have dementia.