How robust is the 'surprise question' in predicting short-term mortality risk in haemodialysis patients?

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 185-193

  Da Silva Gane, Maria ^a   Braun, Andreas ^b   Stott, Dave ^b   Wellsted, David ^b   Farrington, Ken ^a,c  

^a LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Lifespan and Chronic Illness Research and   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

End stage kidney disease; Haemodialysis; The 'surprise question'

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGIST; NURSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURPRISE QUESTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK;

EID: 84880996111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16602110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353735     Document Type: Article

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