Systematic review of noncancer presentations with a median survival of 6 months or less

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Salpeter, Shelley R ^a,b   Luo, Esther J ^c   Malter, Dawn S ^d   Stuart, Brad ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BSutter Care at Home   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d Samaritan House Medical Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Survival; Systematic review; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; CHILD PUGH SCORING SYSTEM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALNUTRITION; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 84859481286     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.07.028     Document Type: Article

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