Dyspneaĝ€"A bad prognosis symptom at the end of life

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-97

  Cuervo Pinna, Miguel Ángel ^a,c   Vargas, Rafael Mota ^a   Moralo, María José Redondo ^a   Correas, Miguel Ángel Sánchez ^a   Pera Blanco, Guillem ^b  

^a Regional Palliative Care Program of Extremadura   (Spain)

^b Statistician Unitat de Suport A la Recerca Àmbit Barcelonè Nord i Maresme   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Average survival time; Dyspnea; Place of death; Sedation

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPAIN; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 64249107165     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909108327588     Document Type: Article

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