Patients with malignant hematological disorders treated on a palliative care unit: Prognostic impact of clinical factors

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 317-325

  Kripp, M ^a   Willer, A ^d   Schmidt, C ^a   Pilz, L R ^b   Gencer, D ^a   Buchheidt, D ^a   Hochhaus, A ^c   Hofmann, W K ^a   Hofheinz, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d Masserberger Klinik Prof Volhard Prof Georg Lenz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hematological malignancy; Palliative care; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PLATELET COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84895059700     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: 14320584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-013-1861-7     Document Type: Article

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