The hospital-survival and prognostic factors of patients with solid tumors admitted to an ICU

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-243

  Mendoza, Vinia ^a   Lee, Andrew ^a   Marik, Paul E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Critical care; Hospice; ICU; Malignancy; Metastases; Outcome; Prognostic markers; Vasopressors

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHILADELPHIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 45549097345     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909108315523     Document Type: Review

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