Wounds and survival in noncancer patients

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-459

  Maida, Vincent ^a   Ennis, Marguerite ^b   Kuziemsky, Craig ^c   Corban, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Applied Statistician   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALLIATIVE PERFORMANCE SCALE VERSION 2; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RATING SCALE; SURVIVAL; WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; PRESSURE ULCER; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77951839613     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0260     Document Type: Article

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36. Lamont EB, Christakis NA. Complexities in prognosis in advanced cancer: "To help them live their lives the way they want to." JAMA 2003;290:98-104.
37. Glare P, Sinclair C, Downing M, Stone P, Maltoni M, Vigano A: Predicting survival in patients with advanced disease. Eur J Cancer 2008;44:1146-1156.
38. Kellett J: Prognostication: The lost skill of medicine. Eur J Int Med 2008;19:155-164.
39. Anderson F, Downing GM, Hill J, Casorso L, Lerch N: Palliative performance scale (PPS): A new tool. J Palliat Care 1996;12:5-11.
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41. Coventry PA, Grande GE, Richards DA, Todd CJ: Prediction of appropriate timing of palliative care for older adults with non-malignant life-threatening disease: A systematic review. Age and Ageing 2005;34:218-227.
42. Maida V, Ennis M, Kuziemsky C, Corban J. Wounds and survival in cancer patients. Eur J Cancer 2009;45:3237-3244.
43. Maida V, Corbo M, Dolzyhkov M, Ennis M, Irani S, Trozzolo L: Wounds in advanced illness: A prevalence and incidence study based on a prospective case series. Int Wound J 2008;5:305-314.
44. Alvarez OM, Kalinski C, Nusbaum J, Hernandez L, Pappous E, Kyriannis C, Parker R, Chrzanowski G, Comfort CP: Incorporating wound healing strategies to improve palliation (symptom management) in patients with chronic wounds. J Palliat Med 2007;10:1161-1189.
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46. Hatsfield-Wolfe ME, Rund C: Malignant cutaneous wounds: a management protocol. Ostomy Wound Manage 1997;43: 56-66.
47. McDonald A, Lesage P: Palliative Management of pressure ulcers and malignant wounds in patients with advanced illness. J Palliat Med 2006;9:285-295.
48. Charlson ME, Pompei P, Ales KL, MacKenzie R: A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation. J Chron Dis 1987; 40:373-383.
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50. Grambsch P, Therneau T: Proportional hazards tests and diagnostics based on weighted residuals. Biometrika 1994; 81:515-526.
51. Therneau T, Grambsch P: Testing proportional hazards. In: Modeling Survival Data: Extending the Cox Model. New York: Springer, 2006, pp. 127-152.
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53. Brandeis GH, Morris JN, Nash DJ, Lipsitz LA: The epidemiology and natural history of pressure ulcers in elderly nursing home residents. JAMA 1990;264:2905-2909.
54. Michocki RJ, Lamy PP: The problem of pressure sores in a nursing home population: Statistical data. J Am Geriatr Soc 1976;24:323-328.
55. Landi F, Onder G, Russo A, Bernabei R: Pressure ulcer and mortality in frail elderly people living in the community. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2007;1:217-223.
56. Thomas DR, Goode PS, Tarquine PH, Allman RM: Hospitalacquired pressure ulcers and risk of death. J Am Geriatr Soc 1996:44:1435-1440.
57. Brown G: Long-term outcomes of full-thickness pressure ulcers: Healing and mortality. Ostomy Wound Manage 2003;49:42-50.
58. Takahashi PY, Cha SC, Kiemele LJ: Six-month mortality risks in long-term care residents with chronic ulcers. Int Wound J 2008;5:625-631.