Evaluation and comparison of two prognostic scores and the physicians' estimate of survival in terminally ill patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-49

  Stiel, S ^a   Bertram, L ^a   Neuhaus, S ^a   Nauck, F ^b,c   Ostgathe, C ^d   Elsner, F ^a   Radbruch, L ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Malteser Hospital Bonn   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Palliative Prognostic Index (PPI); Palliative Prognostic Score (PaP S); Physicians' estimation; Prognostic scores; Prognostication; Survival time; Terminally ill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE PROGNOSTIC INDEX; PALLIATIVE PROGNOSTIC SCORE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 71349088312     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0628-0     Document Type: Article

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