Incidence of and risk factors for transferring cancer patients from rehabilitation to acute care units

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 647-653

  Guo, Ying ^a,b   Persyn, Lisa ^a   Palmer, J Lynn ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Inpatients; Rehabilitation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONCOLOGY WARD; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; CANCER CENTER; CATHETERIZATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CATHETERIZATION; CREATININE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT TRANSFER; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 48549085971     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31817fb94e     Document Type: Article

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