Impact of infections on the survival of hospitalized advanced cancer patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 549-557

  Thai, Vincent ^a   Lau, Francis ^a   Wolch, Gary ^a   Yang, Ju ^a   Quan, Hue ^b   Fassbender, Konrad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b GREY NUNS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

infections; median survival; prognosticate; response to antibiotics; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEST INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84863182704     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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