A 2-week prognostic prediction model for terminal cancer patients in a palliative care unit at a Japanese general hospital

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-176

  Ohde, Sachiko ^a   Hayashi, Akitoshi ^a   Takahasi, Osamu ^a   Yamakawa, Sen ^b   Nakamura, Megumi ^a   Osawa, Ayako ^a   Shapiro, Mina L ^a   Deshpande, Gautam A ^a   Tokuda, Yasuharu ^c   Omata, Fumio ^a   Ishida, Yasushi ^a   Soejima, Kumiko ^a   Hinohara, Shigeaki ^a   Fukui, Tsuguya ^a  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KKR Rokko Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Prediction model; Prognosis; Survival; Terminal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; SURVIVOR; TERMINAL CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVORS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; TOKYO;

EID: 79953895470     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216310383741     Document Type: Article

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