Predicting factors in the last week of survival in elderly patients with terminal cancer: A prospective study in Southern Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-239

  Kao, Yee Hsin ^a,b   Chen, Cheng Nan ^c   Chiang, Jui Kun ^a,d   Chen, Shin Shin ^a   Huang, Wen Wei ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAINAN MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hospice; Last week of survival; Terminal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 65349171463     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60057-7     Document Type: Article

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