Nutritional predictors of survival in terminally ill cancer patients

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 544-550

  Ho, Sheng Yow ^a,b   Guo, How Ran ^b   Chen, Helen H W ^c   Peng, Cheau Jane ^c  

^a TAINAN SIN LAU HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Biochemistry; Nutritional status; Prealbumin; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL DISEASE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREALBUMIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0347527244     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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