Clinical changes in terminally ill cancer patients and death within 48 h: When should we refer patients to a separate room?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 835-840

  Hwang, In Cheol ^a   Ahn, Hong Yup ^b   Park, Sang Min ^c   Shim, Jae Yong ^d   Kim, Kyoung Kon ^a  

^a Gachon University   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical changes; Impending deaths; Terminal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; METASTASIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OXYGEN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84874111713     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1587-4     Document Type: Article

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