Prognostication based on the change in the palliative prognostic index for patients with terminal cancer

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 742-747

  Arai, Yuki ^a   Okajima, Yoshiro ^a   Kotani, Kazuhiko ^a   Tamba, Kaichiro ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

illness trajectory; palliative care; Palliative Prognostic Index; PPI; prognostication

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL; TIME;

AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898796815     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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