Evaluation of the Palliative Prognostic Score (PaP) and routinely collected clinical data in prognostication of survival for patients referred to a palliative care consultation service in an acute care hospital

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-431

  Tarumi, Yoko ^a,d   Watanabe, Sharon M ^a   Lau, Francis ^b   Yang, Ju ^b   Quan, Hue ^c   Sawchuk, Lorelei ^d   Demoissac, Donna ^d   Wolch, Gary ^a   Thai, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Regional Palliative Care Program   (Canada)

^d ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

end of life; Palliative care; prognostication; survival estimates; survival prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSULTATION; DEATH; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALLIATIVE PROGNOSTIC SCORE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 80051990578     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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