The palliative index: Predicting outcomes of emergent surgery in patients with cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-42

  Roses, Robert E ^a   Tzeng, Ching Wei D ^b   Ross, Merrick I ^c   Fournier, Keith F ^c   Abbott, Daniel E ^d   You, Y Nancy ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALLIATIVE INDEX SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR PERFORATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892778793     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0235     Document Type: Article

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