Predictors of mortality for patients with advanced disease in an HIV palliative care program

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 445-447

  Shen, Jennifer M ^a   Blank, Arthur ^a   Selwyn, Peter A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Palliative care; Prognostic markers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 27944491191     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000185139.68848.97     Document Type: Article

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