Pneumonia free survival (IMAGE)

The University of Hong Kong

Pneumonia free survival

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A HKUMed study found that there is little difference in one-year survival probability among advanced dementia patients on nasogastric tube feeding or careful hand feeding (125 days versus 145 days, Graph 1). But those on nasogastric tube feeding have a lower pneumonia-free survival probability compared with those on careful hand feeding (Graph 2).

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