Palliative Performance Status, Heart Rate and Respiratory Rate as Predictive Factors of Survival Time in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 485-492

  de Miguel Sánchez, Cristina ^a   Elustondo, Sofía Garrido ^a   Estirado, Alicia ^a   Sánchez, Fernando Vicente ^a   de la Rasilla Cooper, Cristina García ^a   Romero, Andrés López ^a   Otero, Angel ^a   Olmos, Luis García ^a  

^a Investigation Unit   (Spain)

Author keywords

advanced cancer; Palliative care; prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART RATE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33745456922     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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