A proposed prognostic 7-day survival formula for patients with terminal cancer

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chiang, Jui Kun ^a,b   Lai, Ning Sheng ^a,c   Wang, Mei Huang ^a   Chen, Shi Chi ^a   Kao, Yee Hsin ^d,e  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAINAN MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 79953864469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-365     Document Type: Article

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