The palliative prognostic index for the prediction of survival and in-hospital mortality of patients with advanced cancer in Kuwait

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-204

  Alshemmari, Salem ^a,b   Ezzat, Hanan ^b   Samir, Zainab ^b   Refaat, Samar ^b   Alsirafy, Samy A ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT CANCER CONTROL CENTER   (Kuwait)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE PROGNOSTIC INDEX; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857469734     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0253     Document Type: Article

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